Darryl Smith wrote:
>
> I think that you will find that the act says words to the effect of
>
> '...connected or capable of being connected to...'
>
> This is why Cat-5 cable must legally be run and terminated by licensed
> cablers. Because the cable is capable of being connected to a
> telecommunications network.
>
> And the telecommunications act is infections. Some interpretations note
> that your computer must be ACA approved if you plut a modem into it, and
> also that your mouse must be approved... After all, it is all
> 'connected' according to the act... There is an AC path from the phone
> line to the mouse.
>
> If that wasn't bad enough, some people argue that any AM radio that is
> used to listen to talkback radio should be approved to, since it is
> connected through a broadcast transmitter, although that may have been
> removed in the last amendment.
>
> As for a cordless telephone, it needs to be approved under the
> radiocommunications act too...
>
> Darryl

Maybe thunder clouds should be approved before they fly overhead as they
are capable of getting connected into the telephone network as well :-)

Cheers,

Bob Edwards.

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