AM> to Steven Anderson:
 DD> Steven, at 18:17 on Oct 28 1996, you wrote to David Drummond

DD>> The Austel addendum to my Courier manual says that the
DD>> use of B1 will rende the modem non-approved.  To dial
DD>> out forcing HST requires B1 to be set (as opposed to
DD>> the authorised B0).

SA> Good thing i never got that page then! :)

 DD> Ignorance of the law is NO excuse.

 AM> Austel refuse to do anything about clarifying that the B1
 AM> only applies to ANSWERING CALLS, so the problem is between
 AM> whomever was responsible for homologation and Austel, and
 AM> IMAO no-one could be convicted for using B1 as a dial
 AM> string as long as the modem didn't answer with B1.

Yes, exactly.  I don't know how many times I've seen people say 'what the
law is' from something their modem manufacturer said, in order to be sure
to get their modem homologated without fuss.

The fact that guard tones (&G2) were set by USR as the default (when
Australia doesn't even use them!) and the nonsense in some Netcomm manuals
re S7 settings and such, leads people to blame Austel for 'rules' that
don't even exist!  Serves the anti-Australian agenda, I guess, especially
as you say when Austel won't clarify / debunk these sillinesses.

Ian

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