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- From: landen@cir.frg.eur.nl (Peter van der Landen)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.isdn,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Courier I-Modem upgrade?
- Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 09:05:08 GMT
- Organization: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
- Message-ID: <3153bdba.476882619@tina>
- References: <4icrri$nfi@pyrtech.mis.pyramid.com> <4ii991$c5e@eve.enteract.com> <fgoldstein.317.0016468B@bbn.com> <314f9307.776876168@nntp.interramp.com>
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- jp@interramp.com (John Powell) wrote:
-
- >fgoldstein@bbn.com (Fred R. Goldstein) wrote:
- >
- >>In article <4ii991$c5e@eve.enteract.com> midas@enteract.com writes:
- >>
- >>>> o Why is USR no longer supplying flash upgrades via email/ftp/... but is
- >>>> sending them by regular mail? Something about the government?
- >>
- >>>Because legally they aren't allowed to ship any code that supports
- >>>analog 33.6K speeds outside the U.S. borders at this time. Since there
- >>>is no way to determine that an email address is within the U.S. they
- >>>cannot send it that way. Obviously there is also no way to restrict FTP
- >>>access to just U.S. locations either.
- >>
- >>Can you explain this?
- >>
- >>Does ITAR consider 33.6-capable modems to be a munition? Does the modem
- >>perform encryption?
- >>
- >>Or does USR have a licensing agreement with someone that limits distribution
- >>to the USA?
- >>
- >>Or does USR worry that consumers in other countries might violate their
- >>countries homologation rules by installing it without authorization?
- >>
- >>This "legality" excuse is a little concerning.
- >
- >Two words pretty much say it all:
- >
- >"Government" and "Lawyers"
- >
- >Try to apply logic to a situation where the above two mix and you are
- >looking for trouble.
- >
- >I understand that all parties are working to get this issue resolved
- >quiclkly. It is neither convenient nor desired by USR, I can assure
- >you.
-
- I don't understand this whole thread. I am in Europe, and I downloaded
- the V34+ flash code for European Courier models from the French USR
- BBS. I was advised to do this by USR tech support (European).
-
- Now what's the problem?
-
- I seem to have left it lying around some ftp-site, 130.115.127.200 or
- something.
-
- Regards,
-
-