Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!killer!vector!telecom-request From: cramer@Sun.COM Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: re: Israeli Phone system Message-ID: Date: 25 Aug 88 17:08:48 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 14 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 133, message 5 X-Submissions-To: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu (Mailing List Coordinator) X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) > Are American cordless phones usable with the Israeli phone system? > A relative of my wife's wishes to bring back such a phone to Israel > with her. I know that there is an AC line voltage difference. > But (a) are the phone systems compatible? Yes. > (b) if so, is DTMF signalling accepted by the Israeli phone system? I don't believe so. Some of the switches are quite old. > (c) is it legal to install customer-owned equipment in Israel; I don't know. Frankly, I wouldn't worry about it.