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In <Pine.BSD/.3.91.950820195557.21377B-100000@juicer.magna.com.au>
   Ian or Katts <ianw@juicer.magna.com.au> writes:

>On 14 Aug 1995, Mr J Cameron wrote:

>> GuyD@world.net wrote:

>> [stuff about cyptography ban deleted]

>> : It is a fact that Telstra had a software development project in
>> : progress in early 1995, who's aim is to monitor and log phone connections
>> : through their exchanges, to determine:-
>> :   a) Which calls are voice, and which are modem.
>> :   b) If modem, what baud rate and protocol.
>> :   c) Given (b), to determine whether the link is using encryption.
>> :   d) Lastly, given a positive (c), to attempt to analyse what _sort_
>> :      of encryption it is.

>My guess is so that they can time-charge modems, but without 
>time-charging voice. This means that they can get more revenue, without 
>risking the political firestorm that timed local calls would bring.

It would be unreliable to put in an automatic time-charging for modems;
how can they reliably tell the difference on a per-call basis?

Besides, the ensuing revolt as the general public gets more "connected"
will probably cause many, many headaches to the phone company.
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