Tim Jackson said,
> In my modem's manual (SupraExpress 56e PRO) it says that the New Zealand
> licensing laws say you can only dial a number 15 times in any 30 minutes,
> with a minimum 30 second delay. However, it still does it even though
> mine's set to UK. So maybe BABT have a similar rule, but it's bloody
> stupid if so.
The UK had a law against auto-redialling long ago, I don't know if it's
still valid. This is why fax machines only try a few times before giving
up.
> (The principle is presumably to protect telephone networks
> against abuse but if you've got a heavily loaded ISP there isn't much
> choice really).
It's up to anyone, be they ISP or a business receiving voice calls, to
ensure they have sufficient phone lines for their customers to contact
them.
Neil
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