[wellylug] Want 2 buy - dialup modem

Phillip Hutchings sitharus at sitharus.com
Sun Dec 17 00:33:53 NZDT 2006


> I'm not sure about whether Aus things are _legally_ allowed to connect to the NZ
> network,

If you're on Telecom then no, the item must have a telepermit sticker
attached to it. No sticker no connection, them's the rules.

> but I'm fairly certain they're technically compatible (except for
> pulse-dialling devices, but who has one of those these days?) and I doubt
> whether any telco would ever find out you're using something Aus-approved but
> not NZ-permitted

Depends what you're doing. For a dial-out modem you should be fine,
just don't expect it to detect incomming calls and supervisor tones
properly.

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Phillip Hutchings
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