Anyone know how to wire up a U.K landline telephone to work in Canada?

Question

Got quite a uniqe phone phone i brought over here from Britton and id like to get it workin' in Canada?

Cheers!

Answer 1

Well, I found one reference about this that says:

"A common problem is encountered when taking a UK phones overseas - it won't ring. This is because most overseas countries use a 2 wire system and the UK 3rd wire for the ring signal is absent. The simplest way of getting around this is to ensure you take a BT MASTER (not slave) socket with you when you go. Connect the 2 wires on the foreign system to connections 2 and 5 of the BT Master socket and plug the phone in. It should now ring."

This is from http://www.wppltd.demon.co.uk/WPP/Wiring/UK_telephone/Foreign___Modems/foreign___modems.html