[wellylug] Telepermits (was kernel Info)

[Peter Jones]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jumbophut [mailto:jumbophut at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 15 February 2005 11:15 a.m.
> To: wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] Telepermits (was kernel Info)
> 
> 
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 08:32:27 +1300, Peter Dawson wrote:
> >  
> > Having been involved in Telepermitting some internal modems 
> about 15 years
> > ago, 
> > 
> 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?

I recall speaking to a Telecom engineer years ago (probably the same 
15 year timespan mentioned above) and was told one of the things required 
for Telepermitting involved a physical "drop-to-destruction" type thing. 
So it would cost you at least one modem for that alone.