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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 4097">I have posted a few threads requesting similar things in the past.  To clear up a couple of things:Actually, I think you will be surprised how many people are still using dial-up and ISDN access from home.  A lot of people just can't get DSL/Cable connections in their area, and some people just choose not to got to the expense.  These sort of connections are certainly going to be around for quite some time.  Faxes are still regularly used by some companies.  It is not uncommon to still be asked to fax things to a company you are dealing with.A lot of people who use MediaPortal, do so on their only computer, i.e. not a dedicated HTPC box.  Therefore they will already have an analogue modem in the box.  Why not use it?Modems could be used for lots of great things, even if you do have a dsl connection to the internet.  For example:CallerID - have a nice OSD showing who is calling.  See YAC (open-source) for some inspiration <a href="http://sunflowerhead.com/software/yac/" target="_blank">http://sunflowerhead.com/software/yac/</a><img src="http://sunflowerhead.com/images/yac-screen.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Answerphone - why use a seperate machine for this?  I want an answermachine for my home landline as well.  Why should the people calling my home number not get a chance to leave a message as well. Could we not adapt something like this MediaPortal <a href="http://www.ancyba.com" target="_blank">http://www.ancyba.com</a><img src="http://www.ancyba.com/20Images/MainWin.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Fax machine - Ok, maybe not used that often, but if you've got the hardware why not use it?  Sometimes its handy to send off a quick fax from home.Another plugin that I know lots of modem users would love is a button or OSD for connecting and disconnecting.  I normally wouldn't leave a modem permanently connected, and sometimes you want to quickly connect to refresh the weather without having to close/minimise MediaPortal before doing so.  I am not a programmer, but I can imagine that it wouldn't be too dificult to add a toogle button, connected to a rasdial.exe command.  Maybe have a small OSD in the corner to show when you are connected.Anyway, just to let you know that I think there could be some great plugins made in this area.  Not everyone would use them, but that's what open-source is all about. If anyone wanted to work on these sort of add-ons they should be really encouraged.  Please don't mock others ideas just because you wouldn't use them.  Might be interesting to do a poll on how many dialup users there are here.  Bet its a least 10%.Just my 2 cents guys.</blockquote>

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