Paul, at 23:42 on Apr 01 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Incidentally, it's a great pity you insist on running Austel approved, 
BG> because the sysop price for the Courier is US$249, which is not too shabby 
BG> at the current US$0.78/A$1.00 exchange rates.

PE> BTW, it's not me that insists on running an Austel-approved modem.

Oh really?  Well who is it then, Xiayi?

PE> It's me that insists on the proponents of "Austel never fine you"
PE> to front up with the $15,000 as security so that I can run an 
PE> illegal modem.

There's no such thing as an "illegal modem", Paul, only modems
which cannot be legally connected to the PSTN.  And the maximum gazetted
fine is $12,000, not that you'll be able to find any evidence that anybody
has ever been fined for using an unapproved modem.

Regards, Bill

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