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I am the LEC.

Then things must be a lot easier for the vendors in Canada.

I've always hated having to waste time calling for information that should have been provided in the 1st place. This was 1 of only a handful of total refusals I've had here over the years. It DOES worry me about identifying future problems.

I agree with Astro94 about CT'd orders and no visit to mark it before we are supposed to find it. If I believe it to be a working number, I usually bypass them completely by calling it and running my fingers down the blocks until I jump. In this case it was existing alarm ckt with Talk Battery only where the jumper was and no ring voltage to verify with. Turned out to be a problem in the Pair Gain down the street.

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2 of the 3rd party dryloops I was installing yesterday.

Bell OE, Cable, and DSL equipment proved working to the NID and tagged.

I rarely see the type of protectors that you show in your picture they usually are a 100 pair on a 100 pair 66 type block and they are light green box that is screwed tight ....

Those pictures of are NIDS @ the subscribers hydro mast.

For apartments/complexes/MDU we bring the services inside to a jack in the unit, typically where our riser is - protection is provided by carbons in the basement/IT.

As per the CRTC .

I've seen those out here. usually AT&T uses a sharpie on those. I am more than happy to test to that point but unfortunatelly that is not that common.

Now you raised a new question for me. You provide Inside wiring all the way into the individual units? at Apartments the LEC stops at the MPOE and the wiring in the building is the responsibliity of the building owner.

I have never officially left dialtone where the subscriber does not have easy and immediate access to it.

That's very different then how it's done out here.

even for SFU?

Amen to that Aaron! Clearly marked AND easy to get to? Sounds almost TOO simple. I remember THAT is how AT&T had originally presented it but their implimentation has failed miserably.

If Canada didn't get so cold mebbe we should think of movin' :rofl: