Inter-CO signaling?

Thu Sep 10 18:10:31 UTC 1998

RBS is often times run on on AMI D4 circuits.  Also, RBS is generally
not run on inter-office trunks.

At least that was the case a few months ago when I worked on a DMS-500.

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Chad Skidmore
Director of Network Engineering
Northwest Nexus, Inc.
http://www.nwnexus.com
1-888-NWNEXUS

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert E. Seastrom [mailto:rs at bifrost.seastrom.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 1998 11:08 AM
> To: cskidmor at nwnexus.net
> Cc: goemon at sasami.anime.net
> Subject: Re: Inter-CO signaling?
> 
> 
> 
> of course, robbed bit signalling and AMI have nothing to do 
> with one another...
> 
> 
>    From: Chad Skidmore <cskidmor at nwnexus.net>
>    Cc: "'nanog at merit.edu'" <nanog at merit.edu>
>    Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 10:47:04 -0700
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>    Try making an ISDN call from one to the other at a 64k 
> rate.  If you can
>    get through then there are at least some trunks setup as 
> ESF B8ZS clear
>    channel.  I suspect that they are probably some older 
> trunks running AMI
>    D4.
> 
>    The other thing you could do is just ask them.
> 
>    ---------------------------------------------
>    Chad Skidmore
>    Director of Network Engineering
>    Northwest Nexus, Inc.
>    http://www.nwnexus.com
>    1-888-NWNEXUS
> 
> 
>    > -----Original Message-----
>    > From: Dan Hollis [mailto:goemon at sasami.anime.net]
>    > Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 5:22 PM
>    > To: 'nanog at merit.edu'
>    > Subject: Inter-CO signaling?
>    > 
>    > 
>    > Is there any way to determine if inter-telco links are using 
>    > robbed bit
>    > signaling? Eg from GTE to USwest in the Seattle area.
>    > 
>    > I suspect RBS may be causing lots of v.90 problems in 
> GTE country in
>    > Seattle. But id like to know how to confirm this. And just 
>    > maybe, get it
>    > fixed.
>    > 
>    > -Dan
>    > 
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