Arthur, at 15:53 on Dec 09 1996, you wrote to All...

AM> Could you please let me know what action you intend taking 
AM> over this issue.

A damn good question, too.

AM> Unfortunately at this stage, there are no future plans to 
AM> resolve this issue - B0 must be set on the modem, or it will 
AM> void the AUSTEL permit.

Then why is it, given that USR claims that each Australian SDL requires its
own Austel permit (even though the purported new permit number appears
nowhere in the documentation supplied with each new SDL), that the Bn
command usable at all, especially in view of the following comment?

AM> You mentioned that B1 is used for customers what wish to use HST only. 

(So it appears that HST itself is legitimately usable in Oz) 

AM> There is an alternative solution to force the modem at HST only... There 
AM> are two S-Registers which need to be modified.

Why bother with a configurable Bn command at all then?  If HST is possible
without B1, surely the temptation to use it should be removed from Oz SDLs
(assuming that each subsequent 061 SDL does indeed require Austel
approval)?

Don't mind me, I'm just amazed at how bureaucracy works sometimes...

Regards, Bill

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