dan@hrc.UUCP (Dan Troxel) (03/11/89)
Why is it that many countries in Europe limit modem speed on their lines? -- Dan Troxel @ Handwriting Research Corporation WK 1-602-957-8870 Camelback Corporate Center 2821 E. Camelback Road Suite 600 Phoenix, AZ 85016 ncar!noao!asuvax!hrc!dan hrc!dan@asuvax.asu.edu
wnp@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Wolf Paul) (03/12/89)
In article <198303@hrc.UUCP> dan@hrc.UUCP (Dan Troxel) writes: > I don't know why anyone would (by law or ordinance) actually restrict modem speed. However, there are several factors which in practice have the same effect: 1. Line quality is often very poor, so faster modems don't function as well. 2. National PTTs require prototype approval for modems used in their jurisdiction; the process to obtain that approval is often very complicated and almost always very expensive; unless a modem manufacturer or importer has realistic hopes of selling A LOT of these modems, they won't bother to get approval. In most European countries, too, only modems imported officially (i.e. commercialy) are approved. Therefore, even if Telebit or their official importer for Germany get their modems approved, that approval does not extend to the same modems imported privately by an end user or other vendor. -- Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 UUCP: killer!wnp ESL: 62832882 DOMAIN: wnp@killer.dallas.tx.us TLX: 910-380-0585 EES PLANO UD