What you need to hook up your
modem just about anywhere!
Telephone
Plug Types by Country
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COUNTRY |
PLUG TYPE |
COMMENTS |
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AFGHANISTAN |
Russian
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ALBANIA
|
Greek,
Russian
|
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ALGERIA |
French
|
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ANDORRA |
French
,
US RJ-11 |
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|
ANGOLA
|
Portuguese,
US RJ-11
|
|
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ANTIGUA & BARBUDA |
US RJ-11
|
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ARGENTINA |
Argentinean (2 types),
US RJ-11
|
|
|
ARMENIA |
Russian
|
|
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ARUBA
|
Venezuela/Colombia/US
RJ-11 |
|
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AUSTRALIA |
RJ-45/Australian/US
RJ-11 |
|
|
AUSTRIA |
Austrian
|
Tax
impulses may be encountered |
|
AZERBAIJAN |
Russian
|
|
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AZORES
|
Portuguese,
US RJ-11
|
|
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BAHAMAS |
US RJ-11
|
|
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BAHRAIN |
British
|
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BALI
|
US RJ-11
|
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BALEARIC ISLANDS |
US RJ-11
|
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BANGLADESH |
British,
US RJ-11
|
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BARBADOS |
US RJ-11
|
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BELARUS |
British,
US RJ-11
|
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BELGIUM |
Belgian,
US RJ-11 |
Tax
impulses may be encountered |
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BELIZE
|
British,
US RJ-11
|
|
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BENIN
|
French,
South African
|
|
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BERMUDA |
US RJ-11
|
|
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BHUTAN
|
French,
US RJ-11
|
|
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BOLIVIA |
US RJ-11
|
|
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BORNEO
|
US RJ-11
|
|
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BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA |
Yugoslavian,
US RJ-11 |
|
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BOTSWANA |
British
|
|
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BRAZIL
|
US RJ-11,
Brazilian |
|
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BRUNEI
|
British,
US RJ-11
|
|
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BULGARIA |
US RJ-11,
Russian
|
|
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BURKINA FASO |
French
|
|
|
BURMA
(MYANMAR) |
US RJ-11
|
|
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BURUNDI
|
South
African |
|
|
CAMBODIA |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
CAMEROON |
South
African |
|
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CANADA
|
US RJ-11
|
|
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CANARY
ISLANDS |
US RJ-11
|
|
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CAPE
VERDE ISLANDS |
US RJ-11
|
|
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CAYMAN
ISLANDS |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC |
South
African |
|
|
CHAD
|
French
|
|
|
CHILE
|
US RJ-11 |
|
|
CHINA
|
US RJ-11
|
|
|
COLOMBIA |
Colombian/US
RJ-11 |
|
|
CIS
|
Russian
|
|
|
COMOROS |
French |
|
|
CONGO
|
French
|
|
|
CONGO,
DEM. REP. (ZAIRE) |
Belgian,
South African
|
|
|
COOK
ISLANDS |
Australian |
|
|
COSTA
RICA |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
CROATIA |
Yugoslavian,
US RJ-11 |
Tax
impulses may be encountered on older
systems (rapidly being replaced) |
|
CÔTE
D'IVOIRE (IVORY COAST) |
French
|
|
|
CUBA
|
Russian,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
CYPRUS
|
British,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
CZECH
REPUBLIC |
US RJ-11,
Czech |
Tax
impulses may be encountered. Czech
plug discontinued approximately 1996; all new installs use RJ-11. |
|
DENMARK |
Danish
|
|
|
DIEGO
GARCIA |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
DJIBOUTI |
French
|
|
|
DOMINICA |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
ECUADOR |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
EGYPT
|
US RJ-11
|
|
|
EL
SALVADOR |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
EQUATORIAL GUINEA |
French,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
ERITREA |
British,
|
|
|
ESTONIA |
US RJ-11 |
Older buildings may still have
Russian or Finnish/Norwegian jacks. |
|
ETHIOPIA |
Italian
|
|
|
FAEROE
ISLANDS |
Danish
|
|
|
FALKLAND ISLANDS |
British
|
|
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FIJI
|
Australian |
|
|
FINLAND |
Finnish/Norwegian |
|
|
FRANCE
|
French |
RJ-11 connections may be encountered on phones, but may be wired
opposite U.S. style (outside conductors used instead of inside) |
|
FRENCH
ANTILLES |
French,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
FRENCH
GUIANA |
French,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
FRENCH
POLYNESIA |
French
|
|
|
GABON
|
French
|
|
|
GAMBIA
|
French |
|
|
GEORGIA |
Russian
|
|
|
GERMANY |
US RJ-11,
German (5 types),
RJ-45 |
RJ-11 wired opposite U.S. style (outside conductors used instead of
inside).
Tax impulses
may be encountered.
ISDN plugs
are RJ-45 type. |
|
GHANA
|
British (old), US RJ-11
|
|
|
GIBRALTAR |
British
|
|
|
GREECE
|
US RJ-11 |
|
|
GREENLAND |
Danish
|
|
|
GRENADA |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
GRENADINES |
French,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
GUADELOUPE |
French
|
|
|
GUAM
|
US RJ-11
|
|
|
GUATEMALA |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
GUINEA
|
US RJ-11
|
|
|
GUINEA-BISSAU |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
GUYANA
|
US RJ-11
|
|
|
HAITI
|
US RJ-11
|
|
|
HONDURAS |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
HONG KONG
|
British,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
HUNGARY |
Hungarian,
Austrian,
US RJ-11 |
|
|
ICELAND |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
INDIA
|
British (old),
US RJ-11 |
|
|
INDONESIA |
Australian,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
IRAN
|
US RJ-11,
Turkish,
Jordan/Saudi
|
|
|
IRAQ
|
US RJ-11,
Turkish,
Jordan/Saudi |
|
|
IRELAND, NORTHERN |
British |
|
|
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
ISLE
OF MAN |
British
|
|
|
ISRAEL
|
Israeli (2
types),
British |
British plug is wired differently from that in UK. |
|
ITALY
|
Italian (2 types),
US RJ-11 |
|
|
JAMAICA |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
JAPAN
|
Japanese,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
JORDAN
|
British,
Jordan/Middle East,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
KAMPUCHEA |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
KAZAKHSTAN |
Russian
|
|
|
KENYA
|
British,
British (old),
US RJ-11
|
|
|
KIRIBATI |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
KOREA
(NORTH) |
Korean
|
|
|
KOREA
(SOUTH) |
Korean,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
KUWAIT
|
British, Jordan/Middle East,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
LAOS
|
US RJ-11
|
|
|
LATVIA
|
Russian
|
|
|
LEEWARD ISLANDS |
Dutch,
French,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
LEBANON |
US RJ-11 |
|
|
LESOTHO |
British,
South African,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
LIBERIA |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
LIECHTENSTEIN |
German (5 types), Swiss (2
types) |
|
|
LITHUANIA |
US RJ-11,
Russian |
|
|
LUXEMBOURG |
US RJ-11,
German (old) |
RJ-11 used in new construction. |
|
MACAO
|
Portuguese,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
MACEDONIA |
US RJ-11,
Yugoslavian
|
|
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MADAGASCAR |
French |
|
|
MADEIRA |
Portugese,
US RJ-11
|
|
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MALAWI
|
British,
Danish,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
MALAYSIA |
US RJ-11 |
|
|
MALDIVE ISLANDS |
US RJ-11 |
|
|
MALI
|
French |
|
|
MALTA
|
British |
|
|
MARTINIQUE |
French |
|
|
MAURITANIA |
French |
|
|
MAURITIUS |
French,
US RJ-11
|
|
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MEXICO
|
US RJ-11
|
|
|
MICRONESIA |
British,
French,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
MOLDOVA |
US RJ-11
|
|
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MONACO
|
French
|
|
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MONGOLIA |
Russian
|
|
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MONTSERRAT |
US RJ-11
|
|
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MOROCCO |
French
|
|
|
MOZAMBIQUE |
Portuguese, US RJ-11
|
|
|
MYANMAR (BURMA) |
British,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
NAMIBIA |
South
African |
|
|
NETHERLANDS |
Dutch,
US RJ-11,
RJ-45 |
ISDN plugs are RJ-45 type. |
|
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES |
Dutch
|
|
|
NEW
CALEDONIA |
French
|
|
|
NEW
HEBRIDES |
British,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
NEW
ZEALAND |
British,
US RJ-11
|
RJ-11 wired opposite U.S. style (outside conductors used instead of
inside) |
|
NICARAGUA
|
US RJ-11
|
|
|
NIGER
|
French
|
|
|
NIGERIA |
British,
British (old)
|
|
|
NORFOLK ISLAND |
Australian |
|
|
NORWAY
|
Finnish/Norwegian, RJ-45 |
|
|
OKINAWA |
Japan,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
OMAN
|
British,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
PAKISTAN |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
PALAU
|
Australian |
|
|
PANAMA
|
US RJ-11
|
|
|
PAPUA
NEW GUINEA |
Australian,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
PARAGUAY |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
PERU
|
US RJ-11
|
|
|
PHILIPPINES |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
POLAND
|
US RJ-11 |
Russian plugs may be found in
older hotels and buildings. |
|
PORTUGAL |
US RJ-11,
Portuguese, Danish |
|
|
PUERTO
RICO |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
QATAR
|
British,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
RÉUNION |
Australian, French
|
|
|
ROMANIA |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
RUSSIA
|
Russian
|
|
|
RWANDA
|
French
|
|
|
SAINT
KITTS & NEVIS |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
SAINT
LUCIA |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
SAINT
MARTIN |
French
|
|
|
ST.
PIERRE/MIQUELON |
French
|
|
|
ST.
VINCENT |
British,
US RJ-11
|
RJ-11 used in new installations beginning 2001 |
|
SAMOA,
AMERICAN |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
SAMOA,
WESTERN |
Australian,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
SAN
MARINO |
Italian
|
|
|
SÃO
TOMÉ & PRINCIPE |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
SAUDI
ARABIA |
US RJ-11,
British,
French,
Jordan/Saudi, US (old)
|
|
|
SENEGAL |
French,
South African
|
|
|
SEYCHELLES |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
SIERRA
LEONE |
British
(old) |
|
|
SINGAPORE |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
SLOVAKIA |
Czech |
|
|
SLOVENIA |
Yugoslavian |
|
|
SOLOMON ISLANDS |
Australian |
|
|
SOMALIA |
French
|
|
|
SOUTH
AFRICA |
South
African,
US RJ-11 |
|
|
SPAIN
|
US RJ-11 |
Tax
impulses may be encountered |
|
SRI
LANKA |
British,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
SUDAN
|
Italian
|
|
|
SURINAM |
Dutch
|
|
|
SWAZILAND |
British
|
|
|
SWEDEN
|
Swedish,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
SWITZERLAND |
Swiss (2 types)
|
Tax
impulses may be encountered |
|
SYRIA
|
Turkish,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
TAHITI
|
French,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
TAIWAN
|
US RJ-11
|
|
|
TAJIKISTAN |
Russian
|
|
|
TANZANIA |
British
|
|
|
THAILAND |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
TIBET
|
Russian,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
TOGO
|
French
|
|
|
TONGA
|
Australian |
|
|
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
TUNISIA |
French
|
|
|
TURKEY
|
Turkish,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
TURKMENISTAN |
Turkish,
Russian,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
TURKS
& CAICOS |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
TUVALU
|
British,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES |
British (Ajman and Abu Dhabi),
US RJ-11
|
|
|
UGANDA
|
US RJ-11
|
|
|
UKRAINE |
Russian
|
|
|
UNITED KINGDOM |
British
|
|
|
UNITED
STATES |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
URUGUAY |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
UZBEKISTAN |
Russian
|
|
|
VANUATU |
British,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
VENEZUELA
|
Venezuelan,
US RJ-11
|
|
|
VIETNAM |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
VIRGIN
ISLANDS |
US RJ-11
|
|
|
YEMEN
|
US RJ-11
|
|
|
YUGOSLAVIA (FORMER) |
Yugoslavian,
US RJ-11 |
|
|
ZAMBIA
|
British
|
|
|
ZIMBABWE |
British,
South African
|
|
The information contained on
these pages was compiled from many sources and is subject to update at any
time. Table data was originally drawn primarily from a printed version
Copyright © TeleAdapt Ltd.
I have made modifications to their original guide based on personal
experience and travel reports I have received here since 1995. Feedback and
travel reports are welcome.
Special Thanks
To: Lars-Erik Åström, Sweden; Gordon
Brown, USA; Kjetil Bernhard Thomassen, Norway; Andrew Willett, Australia.
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