Major internet outage.

  I  used to do the following to connect to the internet using my mobile
  phone:

    -- Bluetooth pairing between my computer and the phone.

    -- Use RFCOMM to get a serial interface via Bluetooth.

    -- Use wvdial to establish a PPP connection.

  Well, I had to buy a new phone some time ago and just found  out  that
  it  no  longer provides a serial interface via Bluetooth. That doesn't
  matter anyway, since the "rfcomm" utility is gone from BlueZ. No  idea
  what to use instead.

  Luckily,  my new phone runs Android. There's a "Hotspot Mode" builtin.
  Activate it, connect to the phone (which now acts as an  Access  Point
  and runs a DHCP daemon) via WiFi and you're good to go.

  Not that bad.

  Bluetooth  doesn't  get  much  love. There's probably a reason why the
  OpenBSD guys removed it. I'm happy, though, that I can transfer  files
  between my phone and my computer using BT.


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  Aaaaaaand now my phone crashed. Yeah. So much for that.