Messages in this thread | | | Subject | [OFFTOPIC] Re: Turning lucent winmodem into soundcard (RT-Linux -when?) | Date | Tue, 28 Sep 1999 14:40:31 +0800 | From | David Luyer <> |
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Steve Underwood wrote: > Rogier Wolff wrote: > > Let me expand a bit on that. > > > > You can hook a non-conforming modem/whatever to a PBX. As long as it > > works, that's fine. If it doesn't, it's your problem. > > In the UK this is not true, unless the PBX is free standing. If the PBX is > connected to the PSTN you may only connect approved products to it. In many > countries a PBX is considered an adequate barrier, to avoid approvals issues with > attached equipment.
In Australia you also need to have approved ("Austel Approved") equipment even on a PABX. Even mobile phones (or hand phones/cell phones, depending what part of the world you are in) must be Austel Approved or you risk a massive fine.
I believe it is the same in many countries.
My Xircom CEM336 'global' modem (and ethernet) has a large number of approvals both on the PCMCIA card and on the modem dongle itself. I believe that's the only difference between the 'global' and the 'normal' models, but it makes for a significant price difference in order to make the thing legal in a large number of countries.
David.
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