[comp.dcom.telecom] CO Buildings

robert@uunet.uu.net> (06/19/91)

macy@fmsys.uucp (Macy Hallock) writes:

> Look for brick buildings, kinda square, usually one story, with no
> windows ... the older buldings for SxS were usually two or three story
> in larger areas and did have windows ... these were usually in downtown 
> areas ... or ask a craftsman.

Ahh ... the CO building in my town, Phoenixville, PA is a two or
three story building with windows right downtown and was cleared out
some time ago to make way for the new switch they're putting in now.
Apparently Bell of PA (our Local Bell Atlantic division) is putting in
DMS100s not 5ESSs.

Comments?  We just had a slew of mysterious problems with our DID
lines at work (not in Phoenixville), but I suspect that could happen
to any switch.  The incomming trunks would just all light, but there
weren't really calls there.  This would go on for either a brief time
(7 different incomming phanotom calls) or longer (minutes).  Lots of
equipment swapping and a few levels of technical problem escalation
and nearly a week of problems finally ended.  This was all accompanied
by real DID calls not being delivered to us.


Robert Oliver			
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