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Giovanni Amelino-Camelia wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I will be spending most of my time in CH for the next few months.
> I have tried to use my (US) laptop to get on the internet from home,
> but the machine doesn't appear to be able to talk to the CH phone
> lines.
> Even my (UK) answering machine is in trouble ?
> Is there something cheap I can do to be able to use my stuff ?

Go to a store (I suggest no Telecom-Shop because it's cheaper anywhere
else) and buy a special modem cable (about sFr. 5.-). For example the
standard phone wires don't usualy work very well with modems (no
dialtone-error etc...). It seems that you use a wire like that...

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