[ILUG] Foreign Modems

[Justin Mason]

root said:

> The only difference between a British phone jack and Irish is that if
> you wish the British to ring on an Irish PABX, a coupling capacitor has
> to be used to drive the ringer on an Irish handset.  This obviously
> doesnt apply to Modems.

Well, I bought a UK modem from Scan earlier this year, and had to snip two
of the wires to use it; otherwise it inhibited both ringing and dialtone.

This wasn't through a PABX, it was directly onto the POTS system ;)

--j.