Duane, I've never dealt with TBR 21, and my most recent Swiss analog experience was a couple of years ago now. But I wouldn't expect the Swiss Tax Pulse to go away too quickly - it really is a problem. The Austrians nicely filter it out for you now, and the Germans filter to the pulse frequency - so you can easily supress it, but some places* in Switzerland it is Bad, and my experience is that that is the fault of the particular exchange. Even if they took steps to replace equipment, I expect it would take a couple of years.
*To the point where we used to refer to the Lake of Constance area as "Tax Pulse Hell." My non-expert interpretation of the clause you show is, "(This spec. is the final word! And) with regards to items not covered herein, any country can add on any other requirement they want (including pulse dialling, flash, tax pulse, etc.)" ...more or less. It leaves the door open. Call the PTT, don't rely on your client's word. Anyway, 2 cents worth. Best regards, Stephen C. Phillips ALL OPINIONS EXPRESSED HEREIN ARE MY OWN AND NOT THOSE OF CISCO SYSTEMS INC. ----- Begin Included Message ----- >From [email protected] Fri Oct 4 03:42:44 1996 From: Duane J Marcroft <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Metering Tones Under TBR 21 Treggers, I need an interpreter. I've read the paragraph below from prTBR 21 and to me it's a bit vague. I assume metering tones will still be mandatory in Switzerland after the approval TBR 21? I don't see how there going away just because TBR 21 is approved. I have a client insisting the filtering in Switzerland is no longer needed. I don't believe it. Can someone please read the paragraph and let know the correct answer? My in house English major also thinks the statement is a bit vague. It's from TBR 21 Scope section (page 7) It states the following: "This TBR covers TE which is capable of originating a circuit-switched call using Dual Tone Mult Frequency (DTMF) signalling and/or receiving an incoming circuit-switched call. Other signalling methods (e.g. disconnect signalling) if provided in the terminal and intended to be used in certain European countries are subject to the appropriate national Regulations in respect of that feature, in addition to this TBR. Also signaling for supplementary features (e.g. register recall, reception of metering pulses from network) if provided in the terminal, and intended to be used in certain European countries, are subjected to the appropriate National Regulations." Thanks in advance. Duane ----- End Included Message -----
