[72716] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: T1 short-haul vs. long-haul
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michel Py)
Fri Jul 23 23:11:43 2004
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 20:11:08 -0700
From: "Michel Py" <michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us>
To: "Christopher Woodfield" <rekoil@semihuman.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>, "Andre Oppermann" <nanog-list@nrg4u.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Christopher Woodfield wrote:
> I think we can probably chalk this up to a difference
> in dialect, for lack of a better word...what you're
> calling an NIU is exactly what I would call a smartjack
> and vice versa. Can you point to any sort of "official"
> documentation that defines these?
> Christopher Woodfield wrote:
> the smartjack has alarm lights and can be remotely
> looped by the telco via ESF loopcodes;
I have never seen an NUI (even antique ones, which did not have loopback
capabilities) that was a dumb wiring box. Below are some examples of
what people actually call an NIU:
http://arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us/docs/3125.pdf
http://www.charlesindustries.com/NIU%20400-Size.pdf
As you can see, none of them feature any RJ48 jack.=20
> Christopher Woodfield wrote:
> the NIU (also known as an RJ48X) is the dumb wiring box.
It is _not_ also known as an RJ48X. Below are some examples of RJ48X
products:
http://www.twacomm.com/Catalog/Model_AT635CX.htm
http://www.suttleonline.com/trad_jacks_sfcmount.html
http://www.figment.ca/Networking/Premise/PDFs/Section%20B/b9.pdf?catid=3D=
2
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http://www.psigroup.ca/products/section-a/a9-2.htm
Michel.
