RockyBB
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join:2005-01-31
Longmont, CO
| reply to BFE
Re: T1 equipment info needed
your carrier should be giving you guidance on what you need at your location. If you've already placed your order and they didn't go over that info with you, then perhaps you've selected the wrong provider.
In general, a T1 is a business grade service, so providers will expect business grade accommodations, such as a back board to mount their equipment, available light and power, and an uncluttered workspace protected from the weather. If there is a wall between your back board and where your router will be, then you'll have to make arrangements for a "demarc extension" (or "inside wire" extension) either with your provider or by arranging for it yourself. These extensions are not free.
If you have no idea what you're doing, and want to use the circuit at some point soon after the billing start date, then your best bet is to hire a professional telecom wiring contractor to prepare your home for delivery of the circuit.
A T1 circuit typically will use two pair of copper ... if you don't have enough extra wire in the ground between the street and the home, then the local Bell company will be adding additional capacity -- perhaps involving trenching through your lawn or garden.
Relative to the router question, unless you are intending to do something complex your best bet for your first circuit is to let the carrier provide the router. There's less for you to have to play with and bother with, and generally carrier-provided routers include some type of repair or replace provisions. If you decide to buy your own T1 router, realize that your provider is under no obligation to teach you how to use it, nor to spend hours helping you configure and troubleshoot it. |
