When going through my box of old unused tech gear the other day I found a USB 56K modem that I purchased off eBay a few years back. I instantly thought maybe I can use this with Home Assistant. I checked out the Home Assistant websites integration page and sure enough you can. Below I outline what I did to get the modem up and running on my Home Assistant install that is running on Proxmox, along with an automation I used to announce the caller id feature that my landline provider supplies.
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