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- From: davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Worldblazer telebit modems
- Keywords: worldblazer telebit modems Europe
- Message-ID: <2599@aegis.or.jp>
- Date: 7 Sep 92 23:04:08 GMT
- References: <121.12417@incc.com> <1992Sep5.111433.7903@bilver.uucp> <1992Sep7.153417.15301@hyphen.com>
- Organization: Aegis Society, Kyoto Japan
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- dwight@hyphen.com (Dwight Ernest) writes:
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- >bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) writes:
-
- >>Well for the prices you could buy 3 Telebits from the States,
- >>and then if one fails you have plenty of backup while waiting
- >>for repair :-)
-
- >There's at least one rather large problem with this. In many (most?
- >all?) European countries, approval from the local PTT is required
- >before a modem or similar device may be attached to the phone lines.
- >In the UK, the approving body is the BABT, and without their 'green
- >sticker', any person attaching a modem is technically running afoul of
- >the law and subject to possible fines.
-
- From what people have said before, these laws aren't well enforced
- in many countries. I believe Germany was mentioned. But maybe this
- is better discussed in mail ....
-
- Dave
-
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