Do US landline phones work in El Salvador?

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A friend in El Salvador would like a phone with an answering machine and caller ID. Do phones purchased in the U.S. work in El Salvador? I did a little research and it appears they use the same caller ID standard, but I know, for example, that phones here meet FCC regulations, and I don't know if there are similar requirements in El Salvador, or different requirements that U.S. phones typically don't meet.
Just a quick note for other prospective answerers - yes, they have the same AC voltage, frequency, and plugs. I'm more concerned about switching and caller ID standards. Also, cordless phones transmit at frequencies assigned by the FCC and designed not to interfere with communications of other devices in the United States, but those bands aren't necessarily standard world-wide.
Just a quick note for other prospective answerers - yes, they have the same AC voltage, frequency, and plugs. I'm more concerned about switching and caller ID standards. Also, cordless phones transmit at frequencies assigned by the FCC and designed not to interfere with communications of other devices in the United States, but those bands aren't necessarily standard world-wide.

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seriously? requirements for elsalvador that the US doesn't meet?

the US probably has some of the strictest standards for consumer products in just about every category that you can think of...

the think you should check to see if it is compatible would be the electrical power for the base of the answering machine/cordless phone... the phone should work fine down there.. i believe that they use the same outlets as us, but i would double check if i were you ...

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" assigned by the FCC and designed not to interfere with communications of other devices" no, they just set aside a range of unlicensed frequencies for low power consumer electronics as far as telephones are concerned.. guess you have been lucky not to have much problem in the 2.4Ghz or 900 Mhz ranges, where there are way too many consumer electronic devices - wifi, cordless phones, baby monitors, wireless door bells, wireless video cameras, etc, etc, etc...

do not see the standard used in elsalvador, but would assume that they use bellcore FSK as the US does, so caller ID should be compatible.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caller_ID

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