Originally Posted by Elaine M

Hi all,

Jumping in on this one as I wouldn't have thought of packing the modem when I finally put my laptop to bed for the trip... mine's a BT Voyager USB modem, I paid AOL for the package (so assume it's mine) but no idea how to make the modem work in Aus.

When I get back online, will the system detect the settings and prompt me to change whatever I need to change?

Elaine M

Originally Posted by Hels

Oh, thats the modem we have too....

So it wont work if we take it then, BP?

Originally Posted by Trevglas

One thing to bear in mind when bringing your ADSL modem out here, you may have problems in getting ADSL in rural areas, and funnily, in newer housing developments.

In the latter case, this is the effect of Telstra cutting costs just before ADSL became popular and wiring up new developments on either a RIM or pair-gain system, which I believe is a higher-tech version of the old "party line".

Not only can these destroy your chances of getting ADSL, they also degrade the connection speed of standard modems

For those interested, check out this Whirlpool forum