Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 18:34:29 +0100 (MET) From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) To: jhs@freebsd.org Cc: hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Hackers) Subject: Re: modem area code trick Message-ID: <199511211734.SAA14643@allegro.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <199511162256.XAA02719@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de> from "Julian H. Stacey" at Nov 16, 95 11:56:07 pm
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Julian H. Stacey writes: > > > This is not FreeBSD specific but those round the world living near but not > in large towns & using modems may appreciate it ... > > A friend (Stuart A. (cc'd)) is in the dial code area for his nearby city, > but geographically is in a fairly distant outlying village (so distant, > that the other half of the village are not in the city dial code area). > > He found his modem performed much better if he prepended the long distance > trunk code for the city, thus dialing 089.123456 instead of just 123456. > We presume he's getting better long distance trunk circuits, rather than > cheaper local copper, whatever ... it works for him ! You should be careful about generalizing this sort of thing. In particular, with modern equipment this would not make any difference, and it's *very* dependent on the local connections. I could believe it about the outlying areas of Munich, though. > We also assume he's still paying at local call rates. Yes, I think that's OK. Just out of interest, does his modem line have the charge unit pulse (Gebührenimpuls) enabled? It's conceivable that the long-distance equipment emits a cleaner pulse. In any case, with the money Telekom are charging him, he ought to get them to come and investigate. Greg
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