Steven, at 07:30 on Nov 03 1996, you wrote to David Drummond ...

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

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

DD>> Ignorance of the law is NO excuse.

SA> Ok, I cant use my USR V.E to dial out using HST but its ok 
SA> for my mate who has a AUSTEL APPROVED HST 14k4 Modem to dial 
SA> in??.. (unless there is such a thing as a Austel Approved 
SA> modem that you are not allowed to use???..)

The modem may be Austel approved, as long as certain registers/setting
contain only certain numbers.  Setting B to 1 instead of 0 renders my
normally approved modem non-approved.

It may well be the same with your mate's modem.  It may be one of those
that Telecom had a blitz on the use of a few years ago.

David
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