On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:45:33 +0000, Mike Millen wrote:
> However... to *really* complete the picture we could add that modems
> approved for the UK (with a BABT "green-spot" sticker) can ONLY be
> adjusted from 4s to 255s. This is because of very old regulations
> prohibiting a wait of less than 3.5s after dialling the exchange-line
> access digit(s) (on a pbx) before dialling the rest of the number.
> This was to allow the (old and slow) exchange equipment plenty of time
> to see the line-sieze and allocate a dial-detect circuit to it.
> *Now* the picture is complete. <g>
>
Ah - that's the big difference: you have the expert
knowledge, I just read the book!! Thanks for the fuller picture!
Ron.
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