Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Using a modem while in Oz (Australia)
Message-ID: <1988Sep11.020856.10523@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1@geops.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 88 02:08:56 GMT

In article <1@geops.UUCP> johnf@geops.UUCP (John Firestone) writes:
>... (e.g. Should I give him a
>U.S. internal modem now or have him buy one when he gets to Australia?)

He'd better buy one when he gets to Australia.  For one thing, they don't
use the modular-jack telephone connectors -- they have their own, which look
weird to a North American (I've been there).  For another, unless I'm much
mistaken, FCC approval for a modem doesn't imply Australian approval.  Tell
him to take plenty of money, since computer hardware tends to be on the
pricey side in Australia.
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