On Jan 19 07:00 96, John Piper of 3:712/841 wrote:

JP> Hi Peter.

JP> On Wednesday January 10 1996, Peter Greenacre wrote to John Piper ...

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

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

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

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

Regards,
Dave Hatch.

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