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From: ucla-cs!smcnet.smc.edu!lawrence@cs.ucla.edu (Lawrence Roney)
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Subject: Re: Terradine FORTEL System
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Date: 26 Jul 90 05:37:04 GMT
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GTE in our area now has the voice response FORTEL system.  It is a
rather neat piece of equipment that seems to do much of the work that
the testboard operators of the past used to do.  When installers or
repair people come out, they often use the system.  I have seen it do
the following:

	-- Tell distance in 1/10th of a mile to our demarcation point.
	-- Check for ringers on the line and read back the number found.
	-- Produce a tracer tone on the line.
	-- Ring the line.

One installer told me that they were supposed to login to FORTEL and
test any new lines.  A report was generated at the CO that confirmed
that they did the job correctly. 


Lawrence Roney - Santa Monica College Telecommunications Department
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