On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 10:41 +1100, James Gray wrote:

> > AIUI austel certification only kicks in if you are connecting the thing
> > to the phone network. If you happen to have a bunch of copper in the
> > walls, that is not connected to the public network - it does not apply.
> 
> And by "connected to the public network" they mean "in any way through any 
> device".  So even if you isolate your network from the public one with a 
> router or modem etc, you're still deemed to be "connected".  Not sure if 
> you're still deemed to be connected if the external/public link is wireless 
> though (they are more concerned about electrical isolation than spurious 
> data).
> 
> At tleast this was how the regs were written back in '95 when I was AUSTel 
> Certified.  Things may have changed - usual disclaimers apply.

Jesus thats scarey. Why isn't my power socket AUSTel certified ?

Rob

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