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From: werner@molokai.sw.mcc.com (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: using Trailblazers in Germany
Summary: Trailblazers possible?
Message-ID: <2534@molokai.sw.mcc.com>
Date: 26 Jun 89 00:16:47 GMT
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In <11148@yendor.phx.mcd.mot.com>, stefan@yendor.phx.mcd.mot.com (Stefan Loesch) writes:

> Sorry. No Go. There is ONE huge German monopoly : the Bundespost.
> You have REAL difficulties getting anything quicker than 1200 Baud.
> Hayes compatible ? Trailblazer ? You might end in prison for using
> one of those.

	it's been a couple of months that I heard from people at unido
	that they have obtained a permit from the BP to use Trailblazers.

	I'm not sure how anyone else could get such a "experimental"
	permit, but the situation is improving (and, I hope, the prices
	charged by unido will fall).

					---Werner

		"for many years I have considered the state of telecommu-
		 nications in Germany a major reason not to go back there.
		 On the other hand, they DO take my EURO-checks anywhere
		 I go in Europe, and the only reason why the banks in the
		 US make such a big deal about that is beause they want
		 people to use credit cards (guess who pays for that extra
		 profit?)  how about bashing on the US-banking system
		 every time we bash on the non-US communication systems?
		 maybe we can get both fixed then... :-)"

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