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Re: DS1 test units, T-Birds and the like

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Vanick)
Tue May 19 22:38:46 1998

From: jvanick@megsinet.net (Jason Vanick)
To: jerm@CERF.NET (Jeremy Johnson)
Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 12:28:27 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: marko@pfmc.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980518152132.6946C-100000@nic.cerf.net> from "Jeremy Johnson" at May 18, 98 03:23:42 pm

> Go to http://www.ttc.com for info on test equipment.  I think the best 
> unit available for field work is probably the T-BERD 307 (TTC also claims 
> it is the least expensive).  This is also the unit most PL techs carry 
> with them.

An added benefit of the 307 is that it also tests DS3 lines.

And, it's less than $8000 including all the cables you'd ever require.

- Jason

> > Can anyone recommend DS1 diagnostic equipment? Something similar to what the LEC
> > would use when you ask them to test the line.. I am aware that these units
> > range around $3K-$6K each and that you would want to get 2 of them.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Marko Bukvic
> > marko@pfmc.net
> > 
> 


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