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From: jgh@root.co.uk (Jeremy G Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Do US-made modems work in the UK?
Message-ID: <2489@root44.co.uk>
Date: 19 Oct 90 13:27:52 GMT
References: <1990Oct16.133001.271@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk> <2174@hayes.uucp>
Reply-To: jgh@root.co.uk (Jeremy G Harris)
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In article <2174@hayes.uucp> tnixon@hayes.uucp (Toby Nixon) writes:
>In article <1990Oct16.133001.271@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk>,
>gae@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Geraint A Edwards) writes: 
>> Is it legal? Are the tone-diallings compatible/fully-tolerant?
>
>DTMF dialing is standardized worldwide (CCITT Recommendation Q.23). 

Just because it is standardised in a CCITT Recommendation doesn't
automatically make it universally available.
Pulse dialling is usable anywhere in the UK.  Tone isn't.
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Jeremy Harris			jgh@root.co.uk			+44 71 315 6600