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echo: aust_modem
to: Dave Hatch
from: John Piper
date: 1996-12-30 00:35:10
subject: USR and funny rules

On Thursday, December 26 1996, Dave Hatch wrote to John Piper ...

 JG> Also, I once saw an avtek (spew) which said in the manual that you needed
 JG> to use an avtek cord from the wall socket to the modem otherwise you void
 JG> the austel permit.

 JP> The cable doesn't need to be an Avtek-produced cable, but it does need to
 JP> be approved by Austel before you plug it into the wall socket.

 DH> No - in that particular (brilliant, I'm sure) case, they aren't kidding.
 DH> The Avtec cable has/had required components IN THE CABLE.

What makes it different from any other cable which was produced in
Australia and has Austel approval?

John (japp{at}mpx.com.au)

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