>>>I'm looking for the ability to send a phone call over the net from a Visual FoxPro application. Is there such a Web site that will allow me to do that or should I use a modem for that?
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>>You may want to do a search for VOIP (Voice over IP). I thought of www.dialpad.com (they used to have free long distance via the internet).
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>Basically, what I need is the ability for a robot application to send a phone call in case something goes wrong with a server. So, a robot application might run as long as the ability to read a DBF on a specific server is working. If not, a phone call would be initiated to a specific local number and send some garbage. At least, I would know by answering the call that this is coming from my application or just by looking at the displayed number.
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>I think I might be better to just plug a line over there and send the data from a modem.

Michel

We just finished a meeting with a group from Digi. One of the things discussed was hooking one of their boxes to a server that would notify you the server is down. You could then reboot remotely and do some diagnostics from home without having to go on site.

Try www.digi.com I have an 800 number if that helps - also have a name if needed.

Tom