{bb} BB newb here

[Daniel Bentley <danielb@qsicorp.com>]

New to bb, checking some things out.  My question: is it possible to 
send only a few error messages by modem?

Here's the setup.  We have a VOIP system in-house, meaning we have only 
one analog phone line available for dialing out with.  However, this 
phone line is used by the fax machine as well, meaning that we need to 
limit the amount of time a modem would be on this line as much as 
possible (granted, in theory, it -shouldn't- be using the line much to 
begin with).  What we're looking at, is notification for loss of 
connection (ping) to an external machine (let's use google.com in our 
example).  So, if the computer loses connection to Google, Big Brother 
would send a notification by dialing the modem (qmodem to a pager) 
INSTEAD of e-mail (as loss of connectivity to Google would mean loss of 
'net access, making e-mail rather futile).

Is the use of a modem for Big Brother an 'all or nothing' deal?  Is 
there a way to do what I want (through BB at least), or am I asking too 
much?
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