For what it is worth, I've only seen BIX in the COs around here. One of the CLECs uses it to crossconnect from the LEC krone frame to their equipment. Useful when needing to bypass a bad piece of your equipment and you don't want to wait the mandatory 5 day waiting period on a LEC station wiring change. So LEC Krone block -> 25 pr cable with amphenol connector -> BIX block with amphenol connector -> crossconnect wires -> 2nd BIX block -> 25 pr cable to equipment.
LEC uses Krone blocks a lot in the CO. They had a lot of 3-pair Krone blocks that they'd use in homes and businesses. Haven't seen anything larger in the field.
I see the LEC technicians using violet crossconnect wire for NID jumpers and actual crossconnects at binding posts. It is thicker than the wire that I use (general cable blue/wh.blue crossconnect).
Last edited by hawk82; 01/16/17 08:58 PM.
