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Inside A Telco....
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| Hey all.
I was wondering if anyone has actually been inside a telco CO. I called up GTE and asked if I could see, but they told me it was practically impossible for a common man to venture inside.
Whoops! Forgot the "CO" part in my topic!
[This message has been edited by firechicken (edited 12-24-2000).] | |
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| I worked at a company that had a contract with GTE to provide the Federal Bureau of Prisons telephone service. It was really a COOL system. I'm sure that it didn't operate like one of the big telco's but it was a great place for my first job. The phone service ran over an NT network. When an inmate initiated a call...that number he was dialing was compared to a call list on our database, the amount of funds he had available and all kinds of data was logged. It was really a great system because it locked down their capabilities to take advantage of the public telephone system. I'm sure this didn't answer your question, but I thought I'd share some of my experience! | |
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| Brewdude6: Soundz like it was fun !
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| I've been in several. Most impressive was the AT&T one in downtown L.A. (though I don't think qualifies as a CO). It was like one of those SciFi flicks where you see acres of a huge computer. The others were just a bunch of wires running to connections to pieces of equipment. How they keep those straight is amazing to me. | |
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| pardon my ignorance, what is a 'CO'?
Anyone?
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| A "CO" is a telephone companies central office. This is where some of the telco's switching facilities are and also where the local loop begins.
If you have a home telephone, you have a CO in your area. Usually, it's just a plain looking buildling with a single door leading inside.
Also, if you're familiar with any of the DSL technologies, you have to be within approximately a three mile radius of the "CO" in order to get the service.
Hope this helps. |
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