Re: Turning lucent winmodem into soundcard (RT-Linux -when?)
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
26 Sep 1999 23:07:46 GMT
Followup to: <87vh8x8hng.fsf@mulligatwani.msrl.com>
By author: shields@msrl.com (Michael Shields)
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> In article <37ED84D6.4491F577@infowebtelecom.com>,
> Steve Underwood <steveu@infowebtelecom.com> wrote:
> > Actually the USR modems usually do this wrong. Their tone detection is
> > pathetic. The official approved Hong Kong version of the USR Sportster thinks
> > our Hong Kong dial tone is busy tone, so I have to disable some of the tone
> > detecting features. In any country the detector will only work part of the
> > time. International calls obviously screw it. A laptop modem while roaming
> > needs the tone detector turned off.
>
> You make a strong case for easily changed international tone detection
> settings -- there should be an AT command to say that you are now in
> Hong Kong.
>
Well, the tones tend to depend on where you call *to*, not from. To
make matters worse, sometimes the phone companies do generate the
tones locally to reduce connect time, so you never really know.
Modem technology is such a hack... effectively driven by completely
outdated telephone company pricing policies.
-hpa
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