Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!ira.uka.de!smurf!gopnbg!altger!doitcr!braaten!ed From: ed@braaten.doit.sub.org (Ed Braaten) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: PEP -vs- MNP (Class 9) Summary: PEP doesn't work in France? European PTT Regs - give us a break! Keywords: PEP Message-ID: <627@braaten.doit.sub.org> Date: 16 Mar 90 23:00:00 GMT References: <897@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> Reply-To: ed@braaten.doit.sub.org (Ed Braaten) Organization: Systems Engineering, Intel GmbH, Munich, West Germany Lines: 35 In article <897@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> dts@pwllheli.sw.stratus.com (Daniel Senie) writes: >> I can >> pretty much assume that I can drop any two TrailBlazers anywhere in the >> world, and they will connect, and stay connected, and give me acceptable >> throughput. With V.32, it seems like I'm lucky to get through, and lucky >> beyond my wildest dreams if I can hold the connection for an hour. >> >> > >To or from France, PEP does not work, and V.32 with MNP4 will stay up >for hours at a time. I don't think Telebit is certified for France (they >can correct me if I'm wrong). What do you mean by "PEP does not work". Is it because the French PTT doesn't authorize the use of PEP modems in France, or did you actually find that using a PEP modem in the USA to connect to a PEP modem in France didn't work? Re: certification. Let's hope that Europe 1992 forces the PTT's across Europe to make some changes. Example: The German PTT (Telekom) recently introduced a modem that is basically a Telebit Trailblazer with some ROM changes. The price to buy this modem which has the Telekom's "certification" is over 6000 DM. You can buy the same modem (sans ROM/power supply changes) in an "export-only" version for 2-3000 DM. Comments from Telebit? Was more changed than just the ROMS - is it worth the difference in price? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Braaten | "For the wages of sin is death, but the Work: ed@imuse.intel.com | gift of God is eternal life in Christ Home: ed@braaten.doit.sub.org | Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23 --------------------------------------------------------------------------