What Is a Bluetooth® Modem?
A Bluetooth® modem provides wireless dial-up connectivity to Bluetooth®-enabled devices when standard WiFi and broadband access is unavailable. Operating at speeds up to 56 kilobits per second (kbps), a dial-up modem can be a good, inexpensive back-up option at home or while traveling. A standard dial-up modem is a small device that features a line-in RJ-45 jack for telephone service and a line-out jack for connecting to a computer. Software on the computer configures the dial-up modem to call an access number provided by an Internet Service Provider (ISP). A contract for service must be previously arranged with the ISP. The dial-up modem supplies credentials, or a username and password, and the ISP makes the Internet available to the connected computer until the user instructs the modem to hang up the connection. A Bluetooth® modem works the same way except that rather than having a physical line-out jack that connects to a computer, the Bluetooth® modem broadcasts Internet access wir
