Re: [OFFTOPIC] Phone equip. approval (was: Turning lucent winmodem

Benjamin Scott (dragonhawk@iname.com)
Tue, 28 Sep 1999 12:01:44 -0400 (EDT)


On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, David Luyer wrote:
> In Australia you also need to have approved ("Austel Approved") equipment
> even on a PABX.

Sure. And in the US, you are supposed to contact the phone company and let
them know before you attach a modem or a fax to the line. Nobody does, of
course. I tried once, recently, just to see what happened, and the operator
sounded like I was asking for a plane ticket to Mars. :-)

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Benjamin Scott
dragonhawk@iname.com

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