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- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 15:43 GMT
- From: Richard Cox <mandarin@cix.clink.co.uk>
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- Subject: Variations in Dialing Standards
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- Julian Macassey, julian@bongo.info.com writes:
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- >> What about pulse dial? Well, yes, pretty much the same all over the world
- >> New Zealand and Sweden being exceptions. There is a difference in the
- >> make break ratio, but a good modem can change this.
-
- Don't forget that the digit mapping (number of LD pulses versus number
- keyed or dialled, does vary. In New Zealand if you DIAL 7, the phone
- sends THREE disconnects. In some other countries it would send EIGHT!
- The work around is to "translate" the digits before you ATD them.
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- Richard Cox
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