I can see a potentially bad drain of this financial resource 
          with all sorts of companies now qualified under the passing 
          of the Telecommunications Act.
          
          Comments???
          
          Doug
          
          [email protected]


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Subject: Lightning Gen/Surges/Protection
Author:  [email protected] at internet-mail
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Date:    5/20/96 5:37 PM


          
Hello TREGers,
          
A substantial amount of potentially useful information on lightning 
generation, surges, and protection in telephone systems is included 
in a technical bulletin I recently discovered on the World Wide Web.  
Bulletin 1751F-801, "Electrical Protection Fundamentals" is available 
from the Web site of the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), U.S. Dept of 
Agriculture.  Bulletin 1751F-801 is available via links at:
          
               http://www.usda.gov/rus/regs/regs.htm
          
The RUS Telecommunications program is summarized at:
          
           http://www.usda.gov/rus/telephone/telephon.htm
          
The Rural Utilities Service is a USDA program to aid in the develop- 
ment of rural telecommunication, electrical, water and waste infra- 
structure in the rural U.S.A.  In the telephony arena, they "make 
long-term direct loans to qualified organizations [to] finance the 
improvement, expansion, construction, acquisition, and operation of 
telephone lines, facilities, or systems to furnish and improve tele- 
phone service in rural areas."  
          
RUS regulations and bulletins document the technical and financial 
requirements for obtaining those loans.  The 1751-series bulletins 
focus on telephone system engineering, and appear to contain a 
great deal of information on outside plant design.
          
Hope you find this helpful.
          
  -- Scott R.
          
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