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I just came back from the US. Travelled with a Digital HiNote VP. Used
NetZero.com as my ISP. It was very good. Had no complaints. I JUST WOULD
NEVER EVER USE A HOTEL PHONE TO CALL LONG DISTANCE.
THE SCUMBAGS CHARGED ME US$9.53 for a 20 SECOND PHONE BILL. IT IS FAR
CHEAPER TO BUY An IRIDIUM SATTELITE PHONE !!!
David Hunt
http://www.adest.com.au
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Lane <accumulator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Robert A. Roeske <bobrabcd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 6:32 AM
Subject: Re: The traveling trader
>At 11:13 AM 2/22/99 -0800, you wrote:
>>Important factor is the type of phone connection the motel/hotel has.
>>Modem needs to be compatible on a PSTN public-switched telephone network.
>>PBX, private branch exchanges won't work nor will other type of digital
>>telephone extensions lines per the IBM ThinkPad manual.
>>
>
>Now that I think about it I have had problems sometimes in the past with
>the internal phone systems... I seem to recall everything was fixable in
>the end. It was necessary to reduce the connection speed. Also had to enter
>some extra numbers in the dialing string to "dail 9 for an outside line"
etc..
>
>I think basically if the phone system can support an intelligible voice it
>can also work with digital signals as long as the bandwith is limited
>sufficiently. I mean from the electronics standpoint it's all the same. But
>I'm not the definitive authority on this...
>
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