On 05/24/2011 10:38 AM Karanbir Singh wrote: > 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 Yes, exactly. If we think about it just a little bit, a lot of stars have to line up just so for for two countries-- even countries speaking approximately the same language-- to adopt exactly the same technology. As with phones, this may also be the case for wireless.