Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Tue, 18 Jun 91 10:41:08 EST From: Doctor Math Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Tour Given of CO Freely; No Questions Asked Message-ID: Organization: Department of Redundancy Department Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu 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 471, Message 6 of 11 Lines: 29 rfarris@rfengr.com (Rick Farris) writes: > I may be moving my office soon, and because I entertain fantasies of > my own leased line connection to the Internet, I'd like to move right > next door to my CO. > Easier said than done. > I live in a small (5k) suburb of San Diego, and I *know* that I have a > CO inside the town limits. I even know it's a 1AESS. (619/259) For > some reason or other, TPC considers the physical location of its > plants to be some kind of top secret information -- probably so that > saboteurs won't come ashore and blow them up. How strange. I called, asked for, and got a tour of my CO (219/28x and 23x) They have a 5ESS and a 1AESS. Some of the out of service recordings and such are on wheels covered with magnetic tape (these are on the 1A floor, not the #5 :-) The #5 is equipped for ISDN and SS7. Some business customers apparently have ISDN lines. The switch serves about 70000 local subscribers. > So, is there some physical clue (besides fat wires) that I could look > for? I know to look for short fat brick buildings. Anything else? It will have NO windows, it may have Bell emblems on it, and you should find a parking lot behind it which is filled with Bell vehicles.