Hi all,

Will my french landline phone work on the Swiss network?
(I can buy an plug adaptor but just wanna make sure the phone system is the same)

Thanks !
R

Yeah, that's working. Made it for 10 years....

I don't want to be rude - but why do you think this shouldn't work? I used to import phones from the US and Hong Kong already 30 years ago and they all worked like a breeze in Swizzyland. I can't imagine why a French phone shouldn't work here. Well, France is a little bit different in many things - but so are we Swiss, aren't we?

How did you do that? US phones use totally different voltages (6 - 12 V instead of 48 V -- pretty bad, huh?) and standards for ring signals (90 V at 20 Hz instead of 60 V at 25 Hz) etc., let alone more sophisticated features such as caller ID and the like.

Maybe there are a few American phones that can be switched to work elsewhere, after all they are all Made In China or thereabaouts anyway, but otherwise I really wonder how you got them working without frying their innards.

I'm probably not talking of such sophisticated phones. I only unwired the thin cables and connected them to the the outlet. Nothing for the SEV

After having brought a Modem from Denmark to Germany, and tried out at least 3 different Phone cables, where obly 1 cable worked, it is a valid question. In the end we bought the same modem in germany and got it with the required cable.

I also once had a swiss customer, who bought 3 modems from germany, and where the modem read a 1 as 5, 2 as 6, 3 as B etc. I understand the OP's worry.

Doc.

Quick follow-up:
I bought a cable with Swiss plug to give it a try. It doesn't work....
For information my phone is a Siemens Gigaset (wireless)...I even called the phone membership provider so that they can check my line. It is OK so it confirms phone is not compatible...
Thks
R

My previous follow-up was too quick.
After further investigation, the plug adaptor was wrong. Got new one and it works.
R.