JP>>>> Australia has a very high markup on just about everything. 
JP>>>> If you buy a modem from overseas, chances are that it won't 
JP>>>> be Austel approved.

PG>>>> So what's the situation if you import, say, a USR Courier 
PG>>>> which has generic approval from Austel?

It doesn't. It -can- have -specific- approval, for exactly one model.

JP>>> How could a modem which was manufactured overseas and 
JP>>> imported from overseas have an Austel permit before it 
JP>>> enters this country?

DH>> USR did that for the Courier, and Telebit did it for the 
DH>> WorldBlazer.  The local agent had very little to do.

DD> I think PG is under the impression that _ALL_ USR Couriers are Austel 
DD> approved as apposed to the real situation where only the Austel approved 
DD> Couriers are Austel approved.  I don't think one can buy these directly 
DD> from the USA either, they must be purchased in the country of approval.

It is possible, or so I'm told, to order an Austel sabotaged USR direct. 
Complete with 240v power supply.  (I gather you don't get a sticker,
although the approval number does exist.)

Catch:  By the time the smoke clears from that little exercise, it isn't a
cheap way out any more.

Regards,
Dave Hatch.

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