OT: Cell phone connection to server

[Michael Cronenworth]

aragonx at dcsnow.com wrote:
> It has been suggested to me that we should setup a cell phone in a way
> that would allow us remote access to our Linux boxes in case of an
> emergency where the server was down (using a remote service board (ILO)).
>
> I've searched Google and found plenty of information on how to make an
> outbound connection, but nothing for inbound.  The mobile broadband
> connections all give you a dynamic IP and are on-demand.  So the
> connection would drop as soon as it was not being used.  I thought that I
> could write a script to keep the connection alive and pass the IP but if
> the server goes down...
>
> It was said that years ago, you could connect a modem to a cell phone and
> that it would answer the call just like on a land line.  If I could find
> something like that, we would be in business.
>
> As always, any help would be greatly appreciated.

What problem are you attempting to solve?

Do you need a remote connection via your network, into your network, so 
you can check on the status of box foo?

Do you need a remote connection into your network, in the case of a 
power/network outage, so you can check on the status of box foo?