WHOOPEE!

From: Scott McLauchlan <scott_at_isd.canberra.edu.au>
Date: Wed Dec 9 22:49:11 1998

At 19:26 8/12/98 +0000, ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:

>All devices 'directly
>or indirectly connected' to the phone system have to be approved. This
>includes acoustic couplers, BTW, which have to be unable to send certain
>tones down the line.

Doesn't that mean that, in theory at least, all FM radios would have to be
approved if you wanted to listen to a talkback radio programme where people
called in via the phone? Surely that would mean your FM radio was
(indirectly) connected to the phone system.

I would have thought it would also mean that your computer would have to be
approved if it were "indirectly" connected to the phone system via a modem.

Or is the legislation worded carefully enough to avoid this?

Regards,

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Received on Wed Dec 09 1998 - 22:49:11 GMT