Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 12:47:05 GMT From: bill@toto.info.com (Bill Cerny) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Service Question Regarding 'Off Premises Extensions' Message-ID: Organization: Crash TimeSharing, El Cajon, CA 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 491, Message 7 of 8 Lines: 27 In article Jack Decker writes: > Unfortunately, because of the LATA boundary, the local telco cannot > provide an FX line. AT&T could, but the monthly charge is horrendous > AND they charge for calls (both outgoing AND INCOMING) made on the FX > line on a per-minute basis AT&T stopped offering FX service a while back; what they quoted you were the rates for a FG A line (they don't want to facilitate resale). Metromedia, Williams Telecom, et. al., offer interLATA FX service. I'd recommend you find out which carrier has the nearest POP to your station, and ask them for a quote. Ask them to waive installation charges, too. > I'm wondering if anyone has actually used off-premise service and is > familiar enough with it to tell me what is the bare minimum amount of > equipment actually required on each end to make it work. "Virtual" equipment is fine, from my experience. ;-) S uggest to your carrier's technician that the dial tone on the far end is coming from "your" switch. To minimize curiousity, schedule the OPX local loop and local phone service installations on different dates. Bill Cerny | ATTMail: !denwa!bill