Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: William.Degnan@f39.n382.z1.fidonet.org (William Degnan) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Device Given to me With "Data Lines" Message-ID: <16461@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 27 Jan 91 14:02:58 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 49 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 71, Message 2 of 7 On Tom Lowe writes: > Any time we order a "Data Line" for our computers here, we are > given a device to put inline between the modem and the phone jack. It is > a box about 4 X 2 X 1 inches, has one two-pair modular cord to plug > into the phone jack... > Armiger & Associates, Inc. Fort Worth Texas USA > Data Conn. Blk. Model No. AS-97A (1-9) Use as USOC RJ-41S-M, 42S-M, 43S-M, > RTC=41S & 36X (AA-97A & 635A) Complies with Part 68, FCC Rules > My question is: What is this box, what does it do, You have answered your own questions. It is an AS-97A (1-9) [actually what you describe is an AA-97A (1-9)-RTC1]. It is for use as an RJ41S-M, etc. > and what do FLL and PROG stand for? Why Fixed Loop Loss or PROGrammable. > Anytime I ask the techs what they are for, they have no idea. Would they know if you _didn't_ ask them? Next time you can tell them that it is essentially the AA-97A-RTC connector, with the FLL/PROG switch located on the outside and a one foot, four-conductor line cord which is connected to the network side. The AA-97A-RTC is a data connecting block arrangement that includes an eight-position modular jack for the registered data connection and an eight-position series modular jack for a modular jack for a modular connection to other data interface equipment. See your modem manual for the manufacturer's recommendation for FLL vs. PROG. > I am told that NJ Bell charges an arm and a leg for these boxes. Is there something for which NJB _doesn't_ charge an arm and a leg? Disclaimer: Contents do not constitute "advice" unless we are on the clock. William Degnan | wdegnan@mcimail.com Communications Network Solutions | !wdegnan@at&tmail.com -Independent Consultants | William.Degnan@telemail.com in Telecommunications | UUCP: ...!natinst!tqc!39!William.Degnan P.O. Drawer 9530 | ARPA: William.Degnan@f39.n382.z1.FidoNet.Org Austin, TX 78766-9530 | Voice +1 512 323 9383