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bofh@bofh.com.au contributed the following:

>On Fri, 14 Mar 1997 11:57:01 GMT, dcstar@acslink.aone.net.au (David
>Clayton) enquired:
>
>->Raul <a.sobon@pharmacology.unimelb.edu.au> contributed the following:
>->
>->>Willy Wonker wrote:
>->>> 
>->>> Hi!
>->>> 
>->>> 33.6 Voice/Fax/Modems at $95 NEW!
>->>> Creative CDrom drives at $50!! NEW
>->>> 
>->>> More liquidation stock at..
>->>> http://www.networx.net.au/~rcomps
>->>> 
>->>> Best Regards,
>->>>  Martin
>->>
>->>Just looked at the modem in mode detail, it says
>->>"Not Austal Aproved."
>->>Whats the deal... is it illegal to sell non austel approved
>->>modems or just to use them
>->
>->Yes, not illegal to sell 'em, but illegal to connect 'em to the 'phone
>->network!
>
>When did this become law. As far as I knew this was not the case about
>twelve month's ago. An external modem that is non Austel approved was
>illegal to use. As it is a non approved type of modem.
>How ever it used to be legal to use a non Austel Approved Internal modem
>as it is considered a part of a computer and computers are not illegal to
>connect to the PSTN with.

It never has been legal to connect *ANYTHING* to the 'phone network that
was not Telecom/Austel approved, never!

Any internal modems you use *should* have an Austel approval number,
otherwise you're up for a $12,000 fine, (maximum), for each instance of
breaching this law.

.....

Regards, David.
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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