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Subject: Device Given to me With "Data Lines"
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Date: 23 Jan 91 15:58:00 GMT
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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, and one modular outlet that the modem plugs into.  It
also has a switch labeled FLL and PROG.

There is a label on the box that reads exactly as follows:

Armiger & Associates, Inc.
Fort Worth Texas USA
Data Conn. Blk. Model No. AS-97A (1-9)
For 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, and what do FLL and
PROG stand for?  Anytime I ask the techs what they are for, they have
no idea.  They are just told to give them to the customer.

I am told that NJ Bell charges an arm and a leg for these boxes.  Is
that just a ploy to make money or are they useful?

Thanks for any responses.

Tom Lowe   AT&T Bell Labs   Holmdel NJ  tel@hound.ATT.COM   908-949-0428