Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: asuvax!gtephx!ellisond@ncar.ucar.edu (Dell Ellison) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Remote Line Unit! Message-ID: Date: 6 Jul 89 15:47:48 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, Arizona Lines: 10 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 225, message 8 of 8 In article , arunk@cs.utexas.edu (Arun Kandappan) writes: > I called up home (in India) and found that a new exchange was being > installed. They said it was a Remote Line Unit and that it was not a CO. > I do not know what difference it makes. Does anyone know about this and the > difference between the two. A Remote Line Unit (RLU) is attached to a Central Office (CO) and could be a good ways off. Every call does have to go through the CO to terminate. (It's like an appendage.)