[wellylug] Telepermits (was kernel Info)

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On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 08:32:27 +1300, Peter Dawson wrote:
>  
> Having been involved in Telepermitting some internal modems about 15 years
> ago, the main issues for overseas modems were how they handled pulse
> dialling (which is now probably a non issue as there are no exchanges left
> that require it) and signal levels. 
> 
> IIRC NZ levels are about 3db down on Australian levels (the modems I was
> dealing with were designed in the US for use in Australia) so there may be
> an issue with levels for US modems here. Insite (who were taken over by
> Renaissance) had to re-prom the USR modems they brought in to achieve
> Telepermit. 
> 
That's useful info Peter.  Thanks.

Here's the thing: I know a lot of people who travel on business and
take laptops with modems in them.  They have adaptors for different
phone sockets, and they plug their laptops in in multiple countries,
from developing Asia to Europe to the US.  To my knowledge, there has
never been an issue with frying a line or poor throughput due to the
modem not complying with local standards.

And I presume foreigners coming here plug in their systems with nary a
thought for Telecom, and so far, I haven't heard any tales of the
network failing as a result.  I have heard of some poorer-quality
modems from Taiwan failing to get a proper signal here, but that only
affects the modem user.

I smell Telecom bs.

For the record, and lest any Telecom stooges are on the list, I have
an external Dynalink modem with a pretty Telepermit on the rear, and
an internal Conexant which is likewise stickered.  Fully compliant
here, though both modems have their faults.

Out of interest, Peter, is the certification process horrendously
costly?  I presume that if we got enough people together we could get
a modem permitted?

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Tony (echo 'spend!,pocket awide' | sed 'y/acdeikospntw!, /l at omcgtjuba.phi/')