Re: [ILUG] English Modems

From: Thomas Ribbrock (emgaron at domain gmx.net)
Date: Sun 29 Aug 1999 - 17:21:33 IST


On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 04:23:35PM +0100, dollar at domain csn.ul.ie wrote:
> I just got a £21 modem from scan in england and it works!!!! As far
[...]

FYI: So do the two German modems I've got here...[0]

Thomas

[0] ...if you switch them to "Switzerland" or "Austria" - otherwise, the
    stupid dialing rules[1] of the "Deutsche Telekom" apply... :-(
[1] You've got two choices: Either you wait at least 30secs between each
    dial attempt, or you repeat the dial attempts as fast as you can - but
    only 12 times, then you have to wait for several hours(!). Arrrgh!

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