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From: dave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Direct modem line from USA to France?
Message-ID: <247@westmark.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jul 88 14:01:30 GMT
References: <297@amanue.UUCP>
Organization: Westmark, Inc., Warren, NJ, USA
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In article <297@amanue.UUCP>, jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) writes:

> ...The modems we are spec'ing are
> Multitech 2400 internal modems...

Check with Multitech or with the PTT in France.  You may find that
it is not legal to connect these devices to the public switched
network there.  My literature from Multitech mentions only FCC part
15 and part 68.  It doesn't mention any type-acceptance data for any
other country.

I have been involved recently in the development of a computer
peripheral that plugs into an XT-buss slot like an internal modem,
and connects to a telephone line through a standard modular jack. 
The device was tested and accepted as complying with FCC part 15
(radio-frequency emissions) and part 68 (network interconnection)
and can therefore be sold in the U.S.A.  It is not legal for use in
Canada, however.  It fails to meed the equivalent Canadian
requirements.  We have not tried any other countries, but it's an
issue you ought to consider.

-- 
Dave Levenson
Westmark, Inc.		The Man in the Mooney
Warren, NJ USA
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