Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: fmsystm!macy@cwjcc.ins.cwru.edu Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: A Small Simple Question Message-ID: <6281@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 12 Apr 90 18:51:34 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: F M Systems, Inc. Medina (where's that?) Ohio USA Lines: 43 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 248, Message 3 of 7 In article <6112@accuvax.nwu.edu> you write: X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 235, Message 8 of 11 >This brings up another question: what happens to (a) the FCC type >registration requirement and (b) the requirement to notify the phone >company about attached equipment when the phone line in question is an >extension of a key system/PBX? Presumably you told them about the >stuff directly attached (the key system) already. What about new >extensions? I'm thinking of something like the KX-T61610 but if the >type matters, what about any type? Geez, its been a while since I have read Part 68, but as I remember it ... your extension is behind a "registered protective device" or some such interpretation. The idea was that equipment connected behind a registered product did not itself have to be registered. Now, you still have to comply with all the requirements for the maximum level you can put on the line and such, but that's the general idea. I also know that there were conflicting opinions about this back when Part 68 was new, and all the telco were still kicking and screaming about "damage to the network". (Has anybody noticed any damage to the network since Part 68? You mean all that stuff about couplers back in the late 60's and early 70's might not have been true? And with all the research Bell put into it?) It now seems the only people at the telco who care about FCC registration numbers is COG (Centralized Operations Group), who are the people interconnect co.'s are supposed to order lines through (not the business office). Since there is a blank on the COG form for FCC Registration No., we HAVE to fill it out, or they will not order. Twice the hassle, and we get the orders worked twice as slow, too... Macy M. Hallock, Jr. macy@NCoast.ORG uunet!aablue!fmsystm!macy F M Systems, Inc. {uunet!backbone}!usenet.cwru.edu!ncoast!fmsystm!macy 150 Highland Drive Voice: +1 216 723-3000 Ext 251 Fax: +1 216 723-3223 Medina, Ohio 44256 USA Cleveland:273-3000 Akron:239-4994 (Dial 251 at tone) (Please note that our system name is "fmsystm" with no "e", .NOT. "fmsystem")