Rene or to anyone that can answer the following question, If it is only legal to use a modem within the country approved, how is it those in laptops or portable devices are used in almost any country. Is this a gray area where officials just look the other way?
Maybe I should pose the question in a different way. When rsTBR 21 is finally approved will this allow the use of a modem within any EU country even though it was approved in only one of the EU countries? Maybe what I'm hoping for here is some rational thought and it's actually a political issue. I have designed a universal DAA for a portable device that is for personal use. We will have the device approved in 16 countries. The modem firmware will take care of tone detection and cadences for each country. What is usually done at the modem to telco interface to detemine the country it's being used in? Most countries will not allow the user access to the country selection process. In other words it must be determined by the modem firmware without user intervention. During my stint at Rockwell I designed a number of DAA's that knew what country they were in via the country cable connected. Is this still the only accepted method for a portable device carried from country to country? I know in the past this method was accepted by the EU countries. But it seems a bit ridiculous to have a personal device that weighs under 1/4 kilo and requires the user to lug around 5 kilos of cables to satisfy the requirements of each EU country. I was hoping these requirements had progressed to something more reasonable. Any insights or suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you in advance. Duane On Sat, 21 Sep 1996, Jon D Curtis wrote: > From: "Rene Debets" <[email protected]> > Message-Id: <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: EU Modem Approvals > > Dear Duane, > > No, it's not legal to use a modem in any other country than the one it > is approved for. It doesn't even matter whether it does happen to meet > the requirements > > Best regards, Rene > > ---------- > From: [email protected] on behalf of Duane J Marcroft > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 1996 10:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: EU Modem Approvals > > Hi Treg'rs > > I have a question, if anyone could answer it I would appreciate it. > > I know rsNTR 21 has not been approved. But, if I design the DAA per NET 4 > or rsNTR 21 for say the U.K. is it legal to use the modem in any other > country? I'm not asking if it can sold in any other country, just if it > can be legally carried to another EU country and used. I've read the > verbage dealing with this point, but I'm still not clear if this the case. > > Thank you in advance. > > Regards, > > Duane Marcroft > Telecom Consultant > >
