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Re: [Services] DSL Dry loop signal through patch panel?? Uh, who decided to call something a Butt Set? I would think a butt set would be a pair of butt cheeks. Oh well....  -- God saved me from myself! Thank you, Lord, in the Name of Jesus! |
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 | said by fatmanskinny:Uh, who decided to call something a Butt Set? Not sure on the origin, but I found this little gem: "The units have alligator clips that latch onto phone lines at punch blocks and telephone jacks allowing the technician to make or monitor (butt in on) telephone calls."
»encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Butt+set
Seems plausible, but maybe someone else can shed more light on the etymology.
Not meaning to hijack the thread or anything, but how did the meeting go today with your wiring vendor? |
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| Actually, you are staying on topic. The rest of us have veered off. 
What we decided to do is let AT&T bring a dry loop into the demarc location on the 1st floor. Management, wisely, does not want to run DSL over the only analog line we have, which is a fax line.
Then, our wiring vendor will take the line from the demarc location and run it up to our wiring closet on the 2nd floor and terminate it in our room at a new RJ11 outlet.
Right now, I am waiting for the AT&T rep to call me back so I can get a final total for installation - probably none since we are not using AT&T for a professional installation - activation and equipment charges.
If I remember correctly, dry loop is $10 more a month.
Once we get that, I will present to management for approval and once approved, we will set up billing and we should be rockin and rollin about 5 business days from that day.
Thanks for asking. -- God saved me from myself! Thank you, Lord, in the Name of Jesus! |
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 | Sounds like a plan.
From our end, there's going to be 2 Service Orders issued. First is an N order to establish the new service, then a C order to connect the DSL on the loop.
Most of the time both Service Orders are worked at the same time, but not always.
Forgot to mention that it's like real helpful if the contact number on the SO knows somebody that can provide access to the phone room. |
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| said by Claybraker:Forgot to mention that it's like real helpful if the contact number on the SO knows somebody that can provide access to the phone room. Luckily, the building security that AT&T will see when they come has access to the phone room so they will be able to let him in.
Also, my contact info will be on the order just in case he has any issues with getting access. -- God saved me from myself! Thank you, Lord, in the Name of Jesus! |
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 1 edit | reply to fatmanskinny >> Uh, who decided to call something a Butt Set? I would think a butt set would be a pair of butt cheeks. Oh well....>>
It's simple. It hangs off your butt! (When clipped to your tool belt) |
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| said by Buttset:>> Uh, who decided to call something a Butt Set? I would think a butt set would be a pair of butt cheeks. Oh well....>> It's simple. It hangs off your butt! (When clipped to your tool belt) And for those who require visual aids, here is a classic example:
 Buttset on the butt
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 SplitpairPremium join:2000-07-29 Cow Towne kudos:3 1 edit | reply to Buttset said by Buttset:It's simple. It hangs off your butt! (When clipped to your tool belt) No it really has nothing to do with anatomy the term butt-set started as butt-in because of the devices ability to be placed on a line by a technician in the monitor position and if needed butt-in to the conversation to talk to the subscriber about the trouble they reported in many cases that tech would be up a pole on hooks working a 4 or more party line. As the butt-in moved from a rubber encased handset with a pick operated rotary dial to a device with a speakerphone speed dialing CID and DSL proof the term butt-set became the common term for the instrument.
Wayne -- If you cannot fix it with a buttset and some beanies you ain't a technician.
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| reply to NetFixer said by NetFixer:said by Buttset:>> Uh, who decided to call something a Butt Set? I would think a butt set would be a pair of butt cheeks. Oh well....>> It's simple. It hangs off your butt! (When clipped to your tool belt) And for those who require visual aids, here is a classic example: [att=1] Looks more like a 554/2554 than a buttset. -- 09:F9:11:02:9D:74:E3:5B:D8:41:56:C5:63:56:88:C0 |
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1 edit | said by joako:Looks more like a 554/2554 than a buttset. I apologize, I forgot that some people can't recognize a butt when they are sitting on it. 
Does this annotated visual aid help?
.jpg) Annotated image of installer with buttset
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