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Date:      Sun, 17 Mar 1996 20:42:39 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert)
Cc:        peter@jhome.DIALix.COM, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Aust. ISDN, was Re: Win32 (was:Re: Go SCSI! Big improvement...)
Message-ID:  <199603171012.UAA19240@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199603170224.TAA18373@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Mar 16, 96 07:24:20 pm

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Terry Lambert stands accused of saying:
> 
> > Mind you, you're in a great position over there compared to *.au..  Here,
> > the phone company owns the NT1, so everything you connect to the S0 bus has
> > to be "approved", including the software.  ie: developing the software
> > yourself is completely out of the question here.
> 
> So change your government -- Aussie's have sufferage!  8-) 8-).

We just did 8(  And all i can say is that they got the *astards they 
voted for 8(.  Chances are good some Baby Bell will have a major slice
in the carrier here come the new year 8(

> > you and the other users down with it.  Result: they dont *dare* let users
> > beat them up via custom software.
> 
> So buy hardware from the US.  It's not like we can install it in
> our service areas for our own use.  8-).

Connecting such a unit makes you liable for a $12000 fine.  Not my 
visualisation of a Good Idea 8)

> 					Terry Lambert

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