Copper Termination Blocks

Thu Apr 14 22:51:48 UTC 2022

Its not ancient. While cooper based products are slowly fading they still
matter. Im using 66 blocks to accommodate gauge/voltage for dial tone in
all facilities.  Lots of OOB still happens via copper dial tone or DSL.
Show me one LEC that has torn down their wire frame?

We bought new.  Im seeing this product on the intertubes new at $18 per
block. We didn’t mount distribution from LEC in rack. Instead we placed the
standard 5/8’s plywood backboard and mounted there. We transition to a 110
block in a rack over ladder tray via ABAM cable to deliver to the back of a
110  block and patch from front. Not perfect, but cost effective, easy to
manage and simple. It works.

Warm regards,

-M<

On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 16:14 Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote:

> I know I'm discussing what some consider ancient technology. I counter
> that it meets or exceeds the needs of many, many people.
>
> Currently, we use 100-pr Telect-style termination blocks. They don't offer
> much in terms of ease of use for testing and don't organize well on a 19"
> or 23" rack.
>
> I was recommended to look at Krone blocks. They look just great. Easy to
> break into for testing with their "look both ways" plug as well as their
> preterminated blocks looked much easier to rack-mount.
>
> Well, Krone was bought by ADC. ADC was bought by Tyco Electronics. TE was
> bought by Commscope. Commscope discontinued everything I found interesting
> with no replacements.
>
>
> Some of the stuff is on eBay (even NIB), some not.
>
> Any recommendations for places to get old telco blocks, testers, mounts,
> etc.?
>
> Any recommendations for alternatives that are easier to source?
>
>
>
>
> -----
> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> http://www.ics-il.com
>
> Midwest-IX
> http://www.midwest-ix.com
>
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