Mark Rejhon
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Not yet. I'm waiting until a carrier wants to buy it. If no carrier buys it(FuseWireless, Lormar, etc), I will be making my TTY server open-source in about one year.
Have to put food on my table! (I am a self employed business!) Not all of my software sells, and it is possible that this software is one of the softwares that won't sell.
If no carrier buys it off me, and I release this as open-source, you will need a Linux system, a broadband connection, and a supported TTY compatible modem that is Linux compatible (not many; mind you), and a firewall that allows incoming telnet/SSH connection. I may port it to Windows, so that it can be a system tray application or background service, although it is more risky to make Windows a server as it is more targeted by hackers...
What makes my TTY server so special is my 12 years of communications terminal programming experience (ranging back to the BBS days; I operated my own BBS and wrote some custom software for it). I designed some features such as hidden commands and special packetization algorithms that avoids overloading high-latency networks (Such as 2-way paging networks and data over cellphone networks), while being high performing on modern networking.
I tested the new Lormar Logic stuff, at least for relay. Still not as good as my Linux TTY server (darn.) And no Canadian phone calls either. In fact, the Lormar stuff, while better, is still not as realtime as MCI Wireless IP-Relay. Lormar has a refresh rate of every 5 seconds, MCI Wireless IP-Relay has a refresh rate of about every 2 seconds. My Linux TTY server software refreshes every 0.5 seconds, without causing congestion/latency problems. The good thing is that relay operators don't wait several seconds for my reply from my Blackberry.
Have to put food on my table! (I am a self employed business!) Not all of my software sells, and it is possible that this software is one of the softwares that won't sell.
If no carrier buys it off me, and I release this as open-source, you will need a Linux system, a broadband connection, and a supported TTY compatible modem that is Linux compatible (not many; mind you), and a firewall that allows incoming telnet/SSH connection. I may port it to Windows, so that it can be a system tray application or background service, although it is more risky to make Windows a server as it is more targeted by hackers...
What makes my TTY server so special is my 12 years of communications terminal programming experience (ranging back to the BBS days; I operated my own BBS and wrote some custom software for it). I designed some features such as hidden commands and special packetization algorithms that avoids overloading high-latency networks (Such as 2-way paging networks and data over cellphone networks), while being high performing on modern networking.
I tested the new Lormar Logic stuff, at least for relay. Still not as good as my Linux TTY server (darn.) And no Canadian phone calls either. In fact, the Lormar stuff, while better, is still not as realtime as MCI Wireless IP-Relay. Lormar has a refresh rate of every 5 seconds, MCI Wireless IP-Relay has a refresh rate of about every 2 seconds. My Linux TTY server software refreshes every 0.5 seconds, without causing congestion/latency problems. The good thing is that relay operators don't wait several seconds for my reply from my Blackberry.