On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 04:46:53PM +0000, dollar at skynet.ie wrote:
> But there is also differances in how the wires are connected i.e. modem
> cable's from Ireland and the us are not the same even though the look the
> same.
Sorry, but that's wrong. Ireland and the U.S. both put A+B legs on the
middle pairs of the RJ-11 connector.
> Also a UK phone won't ring of the Irish phone system. There's more to it
> that the plug u use ;-p
For some phones that is true - again, that's because B.T. decided that their
way was better than the U.S. way . In their socket, they decouple ringing
current from the phone pair and feed it in on a separate wire. I presume the
canned converters you buy take care of that - me, I just connect up the
appropriate wires.
Regards,
Niall
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