On 05/24/2011 03:29 PM, Richard Mollel wrote: >> Similarly, will the modem work in both countries? > see above... i dont think thats true. There are plenty of places I've travelled to where the modem in my laptop ( this was 2002 - 2004 ) didnt work. Eg. the modem that worked fine in the UK didnt work in the US, didnt detect the dialtone, didnt work in australia - the DTMF tones were slightly different and pulse dialing didnt work etc. - KB