On 07 Oct 2004 19:48:23 GMT, Ian Stirling
wrote:

L wrote:
snip

To take this at a right-angle.
Does the green sticker mean that BT warrant that the modem design
is OK, and safe to connect to their lines, or just that it has
passed the tests?

BT don't warrant anything.

After privatisation, and the opening of the market, an organisation
called BABT took over the role of certifying equipment for connection
to telecom networks.

Nowadays there are many such organisations all over the world that
can do it.

Certification, since April 2000, is now via the EU R&TTE Directive.

With this, the manufacturer or importer self certifies that the
equipment conforms with the necessary and applicable standards for
the Directive and applies a CE mark to confirm that.
Reputable manufacturers will have test reports from independent
laboratories or an equivalent method to back that up.

As far as I am aware, the green dot scheme no longer applies because
it would imply that the UK could have different regulations to other
member states.



..andy

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