@McVenco
wow :-o everyday's a school day! :-D
@Sim085
yup, any serial port phoneline modem will work :-)
a small idea i've just had, is that with the slow death of dialup internet access, there are serialport2bluetooth adapters. then you may be able to use a mobile phone as a data hookup...? just an idea... oh and providing you have an unlimited data tarif...