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From: piet@cwi.nl (Piet Beertema)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: US modem in UK
Message-ID: <894@sering.cwi.nl>
Date: 1 May 89 12:56:57 GMT
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Organization: CWI, Amsterdam
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	>1. I had to use ATDP instead of ATDT.  Pulse dialing seemed
	>   to work, but tone dialing did not.
	>
	>2. On occasion, the modem would freeze up just after dialing
	>   the first digit in the phone number.  The modem would not
	>   respond at all.  I had to power down before I could get the
	>   modem back.
	>
	>Is there some way to make a US modem recognize UK dialtones and
	>touchtones?
I'm not from Britain, but in other European countries you might
well meet similar problems:
- touchtones are standardized, but not all PBXen are electronic; lots
  of them still work with pulse dialing only;
- PTT requirements differ from country to country; wait-for-dialtone
  is often required in a number of positions in a number;
- some PBXen produce a dialtone that has the meaning "busy" in other
  places;
- and at least in Sweden even pulse dialing is different from that in
  other countries.

Yes, this is Europe... And in Britain you might have to dial the number
the way they write their domains: backward. :-)

-- 
Opinions expressed above reflect those of my employer, except when they don't.

	Piet Beertema, CWI, Amsterdam	(piet@cwi.nl)