Re: Do US LAND (fixed, not cell) phones work in Europe?

B Vaughan <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 11:10:14 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >raylopez99 writes:
> >
> >> Anybody know if US LAND (fixed, not cell) phones work in Europe? I
> >> want to take a US fixed land line phone to Europe (Italy).
> >
> >Generally, yes, they do, although in most cases you cannot legally
> >connect them to the network.
>
> I never heard of such a restriction in Italy.

There is such a legislation in France (a phone must have ART/PTT
agreement to be legally connected to the network), but it's widely
ignored.

Besides, most modems have international certification.

And Mxsmanic is right: in the **extremely uneventful** case your device
damages the network, you'll be liable.
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