>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. > >-- > >Mark Benson
mark, that is misleading. i bought a 56k Global Village in the US, it has worked fine day in, day out for over 14 months. i also bought a secondhand Canadian GV 56k, years old, and it works too. across the board, the big *advantage* is buying US STD stuff is that you get the software upgrades first where they cant be bothered for we poor cousins in the 51st State. great thing is more and more stuff comes with 100-240 V power supplies too. just out of interest, what difference does would it make to USB modems if they are taking their power from the puter? what would interest me is how USB modems are improving speedwise, the first ones were dire. know someone took a PC USB modem, stuck it in his Mac and got it to work where he couldn't in a friend's. john bro, at least say * in my opinion * or * as far as I know * as some people might read this stuff and believe it. -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
