Plus one for asterisk, very easy to set up in a secure fashion.
Motorola SM56
This is what the documentation says:
Why can't you have your phone provider convert your service to digital? If they provide cell service too, you might even get them to port the number to cell service.
Close to no cell service in the location, let alone optic fiber or any other means. Stuck with an analog landline that does ADSL at around 3.5 Mbps.
I'd still start by calling your provider and see what they think. They might jump at the chance to get rid of an old analog line.
Though I will warn you that IP telephony, while generally reliable, is still not as reliable as POTS. If this is critical to life safety, I'd just not mess with it.
I'm not aware of any software to do that, but I'm sure it exists. If you want to buy a device, you can get an FXO gateway or hybrid ATA. Those will let you use a VoIP phone over a POTS line, I think.
Also, if you already have Internet access, perhaps you might get a femtocell to provide local cell service over that ADSL connection.
I’d still start by calling your provider and see what they think. They might jump at the chance to get rid of an old analog line.
Tried that route, they offered us a free cellphone line for a month and the thing was working around 2-3 hours a day around the middle of the day. They simply gave up and told me that they didn't have other options on that location.
FWIW, Linux has very poor support, if at all, for softmodems. I think the apple modem is one. But if not and it shows up fine in the devices, then what the other person said!
There used to be quite a few softmodems that could be made to work in Linux. The problem is that most of the drivers have been unmaintained for 15-20 years.
While that's true, that doesn't change what I said. The current state of softmodems in Linux is basically non existent. That's fine, soft modems kind suck anyway ;)
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