9 Aug
2016
9 Aug
'16
11:07 p.m.
On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 11:56 PM, tony duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Since a Bell modem would cause a lot of problems on an
old
UK phone line,
Why is that? Are the electrical characteristics of the phone line
actually that different from US lines?
I worked for a modem company for a few years, though I mostly was
involved with IP routers. I know homologating our modems for use in
other countries was always a giant pain, but the problems were almost
entirely regulatory hurdles, and not so much that the modem wouldn't
actually work.