Marty knows a thing or two about the history and current state of affairs
in this world :)
Pretty much all of the major LECs have set the goal of full copper
retirement. But that is a long way away.
On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 8:58 PM Shane Ronan wrote:
> I think you'd be very surprised if
*nods*
We're just a CLEC in Frontier space, so they do the heavy lifting. We just need
to interface the open-ended 100-pair cables Frontier gives us with our
Occam\Calix gear. Given the "thoroughness" of the Frontier testing and
troubleshooting process, we've taken up testing the customer
NANOGers -
As noted earlier, the FCC is in the midst of a consultation right now regarding
vulnerabilities threatening the security and integrity of the Border Gateway
Protocol (BGP).
Please note that ARIN did file comments on this docket, and they may found
online here in our government
The problem with the Telect-style is that ever time we need to test a given
pair, we have to pull it off, it ends up breaking, we test, then re-wrap it
back on, losing an inch or so each time. For problem loops, this takes a
sizable amount of wire out of one pair in the 25-pair bundle, then
>
> I always found the spades (?) of the 66 block to be convenient to clip a
> test set (with an angled bed of nails) onto. I've also used slip on
> jack more than a few times, especially for testing. E.g.
>
I agree that 66 blocks were always simpler for testing and troubleshooting,
but I
When I ran the largest (legacy) dialup ISP in Phoenix in the late 90's
(2000+ POTS lines over a couple sites), we ordered huge frames of 66
blocks... like someone else said better for troubleshooting because you
could pull the bridge clips to test each side and/or troubleshooting
better (or
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Gratuitous anecdote:
When we moved into 1330 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA (the SS Pierce
Building, 19th c) the phone closet had knob & bolt copper termination
blocks.
At some point the telco, then New England Telephone, came to replace
them with 66 blocks.
As they worked I joked that they
On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 8:57 PM Shane Ronan wrote:
> I think you'd be very surprised if you walked into the central offices of
> MANY of the large LECs.
>
> The majority of the wire frames are gone, replaced with fiber, even where
> the service is delivered as copper to the end user, it's
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