On Friday, October 26, 2001, at 07:58 pm, Gavin wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 5:00 pm, johnderbyshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>> Does any one know if this modem will work on the UK phone
>> system, either analog or NTL cable?
>
> Whether it will work is not quite the same question as to whether you
> should use it. Equipment which is directly connected to the phone line has
> to be approved by British Telecom.
It's actually the British Approvals Board for Telecommunications (BABT),
BT is a private company and has never controlled this approval scheme. If
it is not BABT approved it will still work but it is seen as a risk to the
full functionality of the UK Public Switched Telephone Network.
>> The only one I can find is Best Data's Smart One
>> 56USB Mac-SP (still available in the US version for $80).
>>
>
> The American phone system uses a different voltage to the UK, so specific
> American and British equipment cannot be interchanged. Some pieces of
> equipment are designed to be used in either the US or the UK, but many are
> not. If it says "American version", then I would not order it.
I'd never buy a modem form the US full stop. US Telephony system use
different standards and the above BABT thing is also a fairly good reason.
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