[comp.dcom.telecom] European vs. US telephone systems query

cdaf@IUVAX.CS.INDIANA.EDU (Charles Daffinger) (03/20/88)

A friend of mine would like to purchase an answering machine in the 
united states, to be used on the telephone system in West Germany.
Aside from the obvious power difference for powering the thing, is
there any problem on the telephone end, eg. are the protocols similar
enought that the US machine could talk with the West German telephone
system, or if not, is there a streight-forward hack to allow this?

-charles

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