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On Tue, 10 Feb 1998 at 11:35 AM you, "David Ross" <ross@math.hawaii.edu>, said: >Your adapter will work fine on 240/50 current, but you'll need plug >converters because the UK and French wall sockets are shaped differently >than those in the US. (Question for European listers: is there a common >plug/socket specification part of the European Union?) You can buy >fairly universal kits for $10-$20 at drugstores, department stores, radio >shacks, etc here, or you can wait until you're there. No, almost every single country in Europe has their own plug/socket implementation (you have to keep all those national bureaucrats busy setting their own standards). In France you may even find two different ones: old and new. Even in the Nordic countries (which are otherwise among the most advanced in the telecommunication field) the standards are different. However, many hotels (especially the newer ones) have phones with a detachable cord and a US-style jack, in which case you only need to unplug the cord from the phone and connect it to your modem. Cheaper and older hotels usually have a fixed cord. I have even seen hotels where the cord is nailed into the wall right next to the socket so you won't even try to unplug it (assumably for fear the whole phone would be stolen ...). It's probably a good idea to buy the universal kits at home or at the airport beforehand. Some large ISPs have global agreements with foreign ISPs that let you dial to a local number wherever you are (international calls are significantly more expensive in Europe and hotels usually transform them into true rip-offs). Dominique -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Dominique Pivard <domi@kenavo.fi> Helsinki, Finland -----------------------------------------------------------