DW> My first modem was a 300 bps acoustic coupler made by Sendata, I bought it 
DW> in 1982, the sticker says it was Telecom approved and the instruction 

Thankyou.

DW> manual says that using a non approved modem could result in a fine.. only 
DW> COULD, so i guess that Telecom werent too fussed about chasing people back 

You only have to pay if you get caught, hence the "could".  They
can't say "will", because they don't know that they're going to
catch you.

Bob, do you have anything you would like to add?  BFN.  Paul.
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