On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 11:56 PM, tony duell <a...@p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Since a Bell modem would cause a lot of problems on an old > UK phone line,
Why is that? Are the electrical characteristics of the phone line actually that different from US lines? I worked for a modem company for a few years, though I mostly was involved with IP routers. I know homologating our modems for use in other countries was always a giant pain, but the problems were almost entirely regulatory hurdles, and not so much that the modem wouldn't actually work.
