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From: rbrewer@reed.UUCP (Robert S. Brewer)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: comp.dcom.modems
Keywords: uk modems email
Message-ID: <11218@reed.UUCP>
Date: 30 Nov 88 03:44:26 GMT
Organization: Reed College, Portland OR
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	My parents are going to be going on sabatical to England soon. They
will be taking along a Mac, and they want to communicate with their offspring
(me and my brother) via electronic means. So, they will need a modem. However,
they need one that will work 'over there'. It would be nice if it worked over
here too.

	When they were over there earlier this year, some guy quoted them
$1000 for a 2400 baud (bps, whatever) modem that would work in the UK. This is
of course outrageous. So, what protocols are necessary to get a modem to talk
at 2400/1200/300 in the UK? Are there any good, cheap modems that they could
buy here and take over (my father will be filling out a carnet [<-sp?] so the
customs thing will be taken care of)? Or is taking stuff made for dcom in the 
USA to the UK illegal?
 
	The modems we were looking at were the Anchor 2400E and the Practical
Peripherals 2400. Both claim to support some CCITT protocols, but are they the
right ones? I know very little about digital communications outside the USA,
so any help would be appreciated.

	Thanks in advance...
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Robert S. Brewer       Bitnet: rbrewer@reed.BITNET, Usenet: rbrewer@reed.UUCP 
Freshman, Reed College                              GEnie : R.BREWER