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- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!telecom-request
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 17:04:52 GMT
- From: bcapps@atlastele.com (Brent Capps)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Faxing From the Netherlands
- Message-ID: <telecom12.919.2@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: Atlas Telecom Inc.
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- In article <telecom12.912.3@eecs.nwu.edu> PINE_RIDGE@ORVB.SAIC.COM
- writes:
-
- > Apologies in advance, if these are considered FAQ or dumb questions:
-
- > With suitable power supply and telephone connector adaptors, can you
- > use a U.S. fax machine in the Netherlands?
-
- Oddly enough, your biggest problem isn't likely to be with power or
- the phone line, but with paper size. In the Netherlands and
- throughout Europe the standard is A4 paper (a little taller and a
- little narrower than legal size) and you are not permitted to hook up
- a standard 8.5 by 11 machine to the PSTN there. There is no mechanism
- for enforcement other than the fact that 8.5 by 11 paper is all but
- unobtainable in stores. Do you want to cart several reams of paper
- with you over the Atlantic?
-
- > Does anybody know anything about Dutch PTT international rates (to the
- > U.S.)? What minimum increment of time do they bill you for when you
- > make an international call?
-
- Several PTTs in Europe offer store-and-forward services for
- international facsimile transmissions at rates much better than what
- you'd obtain on a dialup basis. I know for a fact that PTT Telecom
- Netherlands offers such a service. Rates vary, inquire locally for
- details.
-
-
- Brent Capps bcapps@agora.rain.com (gay stuff)
- bcapps@atlastele.com (telecom stuff)
-
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