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- From: 74007.303@CompuServe.COM (Rob Bailey, WM8S)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Part 68 - Just the FAQs
- Message-ID: <telecom13.9.3@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 06:38:59 GMT
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- This has got to be a FAQ, but I can't find it anywhere. I know I've
- seen it asked before, but I've never seen an authoritative reply:
-
- What certification is REQUIRED before a company can sell a device that
- is intended to be attached to the public switched service network?
- I.e., if I was going to build and sell a touch-tone interface or a
- modem of some sort, would I have to get Part 68 type acceptance
- certification? Could I just make the device according to part 68
- requirements, of do I actually need to pay somebody to prove to the
- FCC that the device meets those specifications? Do I need to register
- the device with the FCC? Attach an REN to the device? Who performs
- such certification (if it's required)? How much is it? How long does
- it take? Ad nauseum ... isn't there a book somewhere called "How to
- get a device Part 68 approved" or something?
-
- Finally, another question I've seen asked thousands of times: it's
- completely unreasonable to expect me to pay the fortune the federal
- government wants for a printed copy of Part 68; is it on-line
- somewhere free?
-
- Has anyone gone through this process that can shed some light? Toby?
-
-
- Rob 74007.303@compuserve.com
-