henry@GARP.MIT.EDU (Henry Mensch) (01/06/89)
i have reason to believe i may spend some time down under soon,
and i'd (naturally) like to take my favorite phone/dialer/ansaphone.
of course, i have no clue as to whether or not it is legal to
connect devices to the australian phone network, and (if so),
whether us-type phones will work.
please send your clues, etc., to:
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# Henry Mensch / <henry@garp.mit.edu> / E40-379 MIT, Cambridge, MA
# {decvax,harvard,mit-eddie}!garp!henry / <henry@uk.ac.sussex.cvaxa>dave@uunet.UU.NET (Dave Horsfall) (01/18/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0006m02@vector.UUCP>, henry@GARP.MIT.EDU (Henry Mensch) writes: | | i have reason to believe i may spend some time down under soon, | and i'd (naturally) like to take my favorite phone/dialer/ansaphone. | of course, i have no clue as to whether or not it is legal to | connect devices to the australian phone network, and (if so), | whether us-type phones will work. Unless it's Telecom-approved, it's not legal. But be that as it may, there are a few differences you should be aware of: 1) Mains power is 240-250V, 50Hz. 2) Most of Oz is still pulse-dial, with tone-dial slowly being introduced. 3) Pulse-dial timing is, ummm... 0.6 secs break, 0.3 secs make, with extended pause (dunno how long) between digits. (Since the PABX's I've used have always been tone-dial, and our local home exchange is now tone dial, I've forgotten all about the pulse stuff.) 4) The connector is a big 3-prong monstrosity, but RJ-11 adaptors exist. 5) Call-progress indicators are different - the RING tone is a double burr-burr, for example. 6) You won't find anywhere near the number of features provided by our favourite monopoly that you may be used to. It's a real POTS, but the new AXE digital exchanges offer a few primitive features, like call-waiting, abbreviated dialling etc. However, these are optional, and a particular account selects the required features (and pays). 7) There could be others - the risk is yours. -- Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU), Alcatel-STC Australia, dave@stcns3.stc.oz dave%stcns3.stc.oz.AU@uunet.UU.NET, ...munnari!stcns3.stc.oz.AU!dave PCs haven't changed computing history - merely repeated it