> JG>> Also, I once saw an avtek (spew) which said in 

 > JG>> the manual that you needed to use an avtek cord from 

 > JG>> the wall socket to the modem otherwise you void

 > JG>> the austel permit.  



 > JP>> The cable doesn't need to be an Avtek-produced 

 > JP>> cable, but it does need to be approved by Austel 

 > JP>> before you plug it into the wall socket.  



 > DH>> No - in that particular (brilliant, I'm sure) 

 > DH>> case, they aren't kidding. The Avtec cable has/had 

 > DH>> required components IN THE CABLE.  



 > JP> What makes it different from any other cable which 

 > JP> was produced in Australia and has Austel approval?  



 DH> As far as I know, no other manufacturer has ever used 

 DH> the cable plug end as a mounting point for components 

 DH> to finish off the AC characteristics of the modem it 

 DH> was designed for.  



If this is the case I recall, it was a modem which Netcomm itself had
self-certified. Either AUSTEL checked it or Netcomm subsequently discovered
that it was not compliant.  Netcomm then sent all existing registered
owners a new cable which included the fix in the cable plug to achieve
AUSTEL compliance, along with a warning note that you *had* to use *only*
the supplied cable. Presumably their remaining warehouse stock was also
retrofitted.  



TREV.





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