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Ø “How would you connect/build a cable set up from the central office to the customer’s house?

Ø “Where do you connect in an underground environment facility to the plant (customer’s house)?”

Ø Termination box on the side of the house, what is it called?

Ø Service line coming into the house, what is it called?

Ø If a number was coming from the central office and we have a line coming from the house, how do we connect them?

Ø What does your Telephony experience consist of?

Ø Tell us about your previous Telco IR background & experiences


ANY HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!

Just what is it you're looking for? Most of your questions would be the responsibility of the local phone company.

just looking for answers to the questions or the best place to find the answer...

The best answer I can give you is yes most of us know the answers, but no were not going to tell anyone how to access the phone companies side of the DEMARC. If you have any question on your side of the DEMARC fire away.

That would be the DEMARC or SNI (Subscriber network interface) or NID (Network interface device) goes by several different names in different parts of the country.

welcome to the board.

thats what i thought... I have answers ...I just want to verify them.

Ø If a number was coming from the central office and we have a line coming from the house, how do we connect them?

This one stumps me..I am not trying to sell secrets...just doing a review for an AT&T spot..

In most new construction environments, the local service provider (at&t) will bury a cable to the premises and terminate it with an outdoor network interface device. This is almost always within a few feet of the electric meter.

Most builders will have the electrical contractor run wiring within the walls and bring them outside in the vicinity of the electric meter. The local service providers will often connect this wiring to the NID during their basic installation as a courtesy, but they are not obligated to do so. In the event that they do not make this final connection, there are detailed instructions inside of the NID cover or there is a door hanger card left by the telco installer with this information.

The indoor jacks are always expected to be installed by the electrical contractor, home owner or a separately-hired third party. The local service provider can do this if required, but they will charge a fee that is above and beyond the standard service connection rate.

thanks ed....straight and to the point

Ø “Where do you connect in an underground environment facility to the plant (customer’s house)?”

This connection is made by at&t at their pedestal, yard box, hand hole or in some cases, even in a man hole. This is never the responsibility of the customer.

For a customer to enter such facilities, this may be considered trespassing since they always belong to the service provider and are generally placed within utility property easements.

The basic line connection charge includes the installation of the NID, the installation of the aerial or buried wire to the premises and the connection to their distribution cable in one of the aforementioned locations. Most of today's installations use above-ground pedestals for this activity. Here is a picture of a typical pedestal with the cover removed: