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Old April 9th 04, 02:29 AM
David Candy
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Default Telephone Dialer?

And in New Zealand

a.. Equipment connected to the RS 232 port shall be certified to meet =
the requirements of Reg. 18 of the New Zealand Wiring Regulations 1976.=20
b.. When the user manually initiates a call, via equipment connected =
to the RS232 port, the equipment shall operate within the following =
restrictions:=20
c.. Not more than 5 call attempts shall be made to the same number =
within a one hour period.=20
d.. There shall be at least 60 seconds between call attempts.=20
e.. Not more than a total of 10 call attempts shall be made to the =
same number for any single manual call initiation.=20
f.. Automatic calls to different numbers shall be not less than 5 =
seconds apart.=20
FAILURE TO MEET THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS MAY NEGATE THE USER RIGHTS UNDER =
THE TELECOM TERMS OF SERVICE.


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http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm
"David Candy" wrote in message =
...
1. In both Austria and Germany a modem will block after 12 attempts. It =
IS illegal to connect a non approved modem to the phone network. Modems =
are different in each country sold. EG. Polish modems require extra =
electronics to work on their sub standard phone lines.=20

[Minimum time between 1st and 2nd try: 5secs;
" " " 2nd " 3rd try: 60secs;
No more than 12 tries to the same number if no answering tone is
received;
After 12 failed tries, a minimum waiting time of 1 hour before =
attempting
the same number.]

(I can't access my own countries web site - bloody DNS)
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http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm
" MS" wrote in message =
...
Are you using Windows XP? I just looked in Network Connections at the
dialing properties for dial-up to my ISP. I have the time between =

redial
attempts set to 1 second. (It hasn't landed either my modem or myself =

in
jail yet, perhaps we'll get caught soon. ;-) ) Number of redial =

attempts is
set to 300, and I think it can go higher. I don't think I've ever had =

to
redial my ISP 300 times to connect, but I don't think my modem will =

"refuse
to dial" after a certain number of attempts. So, I think you are =

speaking
of a limitation of your modem, not a government "law" concerning =

redials.
=20
No, David, automatic redialing is not "against the law", it does not =

kill
anyone ;-), and is not a problem with most modems.
=20
Back to my original question--is there no way to do an automatic =

redial for
a voice call--so that if one is trying to dial a customer service =

line, for
example, that is usually busy, so that it will keep dialing =

automatically
until it connects, to save the person a lot of time and trouble of =

doing it
over and over manually with a telephone?
=20
If none of the XP telephony apps will do that (I'm surprised that =

"telephone
dialer" won't) (or I didn't figure out how to do it), are there third =

party
apps that will do that?
=20
"David Candy" wrote in message
...
If one connects 240V to the phone line other's (esp the coroner) get =

upset.
But look at the default timing on the redial. Mine is 60 secs. I have =

a very
expensive modem, if somewhat old (I ain't using a faster $30 modem to
replace my $400 modem). It will refuse to dial after x number of =

attemps in
x amount of time (been 5 years since I've dialed that many times)
=20
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http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm
" MS" wrote in message
...

"David Candy" wrote in message
...
It is actually illegal (for the modem not people) to repeatedly dial =

a
number. (telephone companies network won't survive millions of =

modems
doing
it). The modem must have approval to connect to a phone line (mainly =

to
stop
someone electrocuting their neighbours and workers at the exchange, =

and
destroying the exchange). Whoever (FTC or AusTel) will refuse =

approval.
Windows enforces it, the modem also will enforce it. The actual =

rules
depends on what country you live in (or more accurately what country
windows/modem think you're in).

MS Replied:

Is there a jail for errant modems??? ;-)

I don't see how that could be true? If I dial-up to my ISP (yes, I =

have an
ancient dial-up connection) and the line is busy, the modem will

"repeatedly
dial a number" (the ISP access number) until it connects. You can =

set how
many seconds between retries, etc.

Why couldn't the same be done for a voice call?

"Electrocuting their neighbors and workers at the exchange"? How? (I =

guess
those killer modems again.) (New science fiction flick--"the revenge =

of
the
killer modems".)


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