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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 07:47:40 +1100</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Carl Turney <carlturney@dodo.com.au></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: [wellylug] Want 2 buy - dialup modem</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Wellington Linux Users Group <wellylug@lists.wellylug.org.nz></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Message-ID: <458309EC.8060501@dodo.com.au></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hi Folks,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Any members in the Wellington area want to unload their old dial up </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>modem? I'm arriving 30 December and will need one for the first few </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>months, at least.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Does anyone know if Australian (e.g. AusTel approved) modems and </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>landline phones are legally/technically OK for the NZ phone system? </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Telecom NZ won't reply to my email query on this.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks very much, and looking forward to meeting you in 2007,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Carl Turney</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Currently Melbourne Australia</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>G'day there!</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2>The legal position has already been answered. (No green tick on the bottom, no connection)</FONT>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2>Technically, there are issues with the signal levels used between the modem and the exchange.</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2>Now, I'm dredging back into the dim past (~1998) but IIRC there's about a 6db difference between Aus & NZ, but for the life of me I can't recall which way. I think the NZ levels are lower which would imply that the exchange may suffer deafness unless you are a LOOONG way away from it, which won't be true unless you settle up the back end of Wainui or the Akatarawas.</FONT></P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2>To be safe, stick with one that has been NZ Telepermitted...</FONT>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2>Cheers, Phreadde :-)</FONT>
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