TELECOM Digest     Fri, 11 Mar 94 00:38:00 CST    Volume 14 : Issue 123

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

   Re: National Caller-ID (A. Padgett Peterson)
   Re: National Caller ID (Lynne Gregg)
   Re: Prisoner Starts Own 900 Number (Brian J. Cecil)
   Re: Prisoner Starts Own 900 Number (John McGing)
   Re: Information Needed on Satellite Phone (Alan Boritz)
   Re: Telephone Companies And The Time (Mickael L. Dickson)
   Re: Internet Conferencing (Paul Robinson)
   Re: Why Caller-ID Instead of ANI? (Steve Forrette)
   Re: Digital Cellular Phones (Steve Forrette)
   Re: Motorola Envoy Personal Wireless Communicator (John Gilbert)
   Re: More Dialogic Help Needed (and Given) (J. Scott Elam)
   Re: Can I Expect More Than 2400 Baud? ([email protected])
   Re: Starring Tom Cruise as Kevin Poulsen (Brian Leyton)
   Re: 810 Area Code Trouble? (Carl Moore)
   Re: Unzipping ISDN File in Archives (Dave Niebuhr)
   ISO Country Codes (Paul Robinson)
   DECT Stardards (Hanwook Jung)
   Needed - Uplink to Western Satellite From Ural Mountains (Isaiah Watas Cox)
   Need a Source For Cellular Telecom Base Station Radios (Mike Willey)

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Date: Thu, 10 Mar 94 08:37:16 -0500
From: [email protected] (A. Padgett Peterson)
Subject: Re: National Caller-ID


> CALLER ID TO BE AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE; FCC ADOPTS FEDERAL POLICIES FOR
> REGULATION

> The Commission has adopted a federal model, effective April 12, 1995,
> for interstate delivery of calling party number based services.  These
> services include caller ID, which is available today in many states,
> as well as services that will permit businesses to service customers
> more efficiently and will permit increased security of computer
> networks.

I said two years didn't I? To me this represents one of the greatest
advances in the ability to provide security to dial-ups and PBXs
possible.  No longer will we have to allow "blind" admission to anyone
with a telephone. Caller-ID means being able to decide whether to
answer the phone at all.

With proper use, "demon-dialers" will become obsolete while permitting
transparent telecommuting. True, there are going to be some second-
generation RISKs such as the impact of call-forwarding but it will
eliminate the ones we have now for the bulk of the traffic.

Full encryption is still going to be necessary for those who travel a lot
but right now that amounts to only about 20% of my concern, most
trafic is generated from people at home or at known locations.

As for call blocking -- not a problem, my "80%" lines simply do not
answer blocked calls and that is *my* choice. For the other 20%, they
will just have to put up with a bit more complexity.


Warmly,

Padgett

PS:  Have a "draft" Caller-ID FAQ for you, Pat -- will send later.


[TELECOM Digest Editopr's Note: Thanks Padgett, I will be watching for
it and will make it available when it arrives.   PAT]

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From: Lynne Gregg <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: National Caller ID
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 94 09:23:00 PST


In my original message I included the following credit:

> From: FCC News
> FCC Report: Action in Docket Case
> Docket: 91-281

> CALLER ID TO BE AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE; FCC ADOPTS FEDERAL
> POLICIES FOR REGULATION

The report included in my original message was obtained from the FCC
news release and should not be attributed to me.


Thanks!

Lynne


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Due to the way Ms. Gregg typed in her
first message, the line 'From FCC News' above caused the first three
lines to disappear entirely in the digesting process. Even today, when
she sent it in again asking to have the credit included, it vanished
in the processing, but I found it in the residue of the bit bucket.
I did not mean to ignore the credit yesterday, but all experienced
Internet users know what happens when the word 'From ' with a white
space after it is the first word on a line where sendmail is concerned! :)
Anyway Lynne, thanks for catching the error, and the FCC News is noted
above as it should have been before.  PAT]

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From: Brian J. Cecil <[email protected]>
Date: 9 Mar 1994 20:47:08 EST
Subject: Re: Prisoner Starts Own 900 Number


It is a sad commentary on our society when a convicted murderer,
especially of this low caliber, can set up a 900 number and make money
on the sick and morbid curiosity of others.  However, I do remotely
agree with one statement that was made, that Gacy is a victim;  he is
a victim of his lawyer!  As we all are victims of lawyers!

It was mentioned that the company that set this up was in Florida?
Does anyone know the name of the company?  I own some stock in a
company that owns millions of pay phones in prisons located in
Florida, Alabama, and several other southern states.  If it is the
company I have a financial interest in, I'll not only let management
know of my disgust, but I will dump the shares.


Brian Cecil


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well personally Brian, your company with
its 'millions of pay phones' is probably not the outfit, because I'm
sure they would not jeopardize their Corrections business by getting a
prison bureaucracy angry at them. However, I must say the company you
have stock in -- whatever their name is, I don't know and don't care --
is probably one of what we sometimes call the 'bottom feeders' in the
(telecom) industry like a lot of other AOS/COCOT firms. Why do I say
this? Because they take advantage of a class of people who have absolutely
no other choice in how their phone calls are placed; i.e. prisoners.

Now I do not have any love in my heart for prisoners and unlike some
liberal thinkers I could name (but won't) who are constantly whining
about 'all the innocent people in prison', my attitude is there are no
innocent people in prison, by definition absolutely, and most likely
in reality as well. Still, even prisoners have people who love them
and care for them, namely their families 'on the outside'. Those folks
are forced to pay perfectly outrageous rates for collect calls from
their loved ones in prison because the prisoners can no longer place
calls via Genuine Bell. Rates of three or four dollars *per minute*
are the norm, and the families of prisoners are getting stuck with it
on their phone bill if they want to receive a call from the prisoner.
Cook County Jail in Chicago is using some AOS outfit to handle prisoner
outgoing phone calls, and reports of local, Chicago-area calls of five
minutes costing six to ten dollars are common. Naturally, some one or
more prison bureaucrats are getting a piece of the action, I'm sure.

Part of this is AT&T's fault; they made it rather plain they were not
interested in the corrections industry traffic due to the high rate of
fraud on toll charges by the prisoners, and I am sympathetic to the
AOS's plight in this regard also, but it is part of the cost of doing
business, and frankly, the AOS's are ripping off the families of prisoners
big-time having them as a captive customer base.  AT&T also never would
pay bribes to employees in the US Justice Department to keep their pay-
phones in prisons like a couple AOS outfits I could name (but won't)
are doing. That's another reason you don't see many Genuine Bell phones
in federal prisons these days.   PAT]

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Date: Wed, 9 Mar 1994 23:22:15 -0500
From: John McGing <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Prisoner Starts Own 900 Number
Reply-To: [email protected]


Pat,

I was aware of the 900 number for John W. Gacy (a man who once picked
me up hitchiking up Diversey Avenue in Chicago and who's housekeeper
was a friend of my mom's) but was under the impression that the phone
et al are located outside the prison.  That being the case (and I
don't know for a fact that it is, but if it were) how would the prison
system know what the attorney is doing and what John is doing in his
personal phone calls?

Seems just a tad hard to excorigate the prison people over their not
being aware of what Gacy and his attorney are doing, especially if all
the "work" is being done using offsite materials and tapes or phone
calls, perhaps done with the attorney and not subject to prison moni-
toring.


John


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: The 900 number terminates on voicemail
in Florida. You're right, John probably set it up through his attorney
using privileged attorney correspondence. Your indirect aquaintence
with someone who knew him is an interesting point. My own knowledge of
him is similar: a real-estate firm I did some management work for almost
twenty years ago at one point hired Gacy to do some remodeling work for
them on one of their properties. As you know, he was a licensed contrac-
tor for building repairs, etc. As you also know, he was rather high
ranking in the Cook County Democratic Party. Whatever, I'm glad your
experience with him as a hitchiker turned out safely without hassles for
you. Most hitchikers didn't fare as well with him. Maybe you just
weren't his type. :)  Didn't your mother's friend the housekeeper ever
suspect anything? After all, the police said the stench in his house
was something awful.  PAT]

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Subject: Re: Information Needed on Satellite Phone
From: [email protected] (Alan Boritz)
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 94 21:23:19 EST
Organization: Harry's Place - Mahwah NJ - +1 201 934 0861


Paul Robinson <[email protected]> writes:

> The reporters were using Inmarsat telephones.  They're fine if you
> want to pay about $9 a minute more than typical overseas calls, e.g. a
> long distance call from the U.S. to Saudi Arabia is about $1.20 a
> minute, while Inmarsat charges about $10 a minute.

When I last looked into that kind of service (in 1988, I think), the
rate for dialtone was $15 for the first three minutes, with a three
minute minimum.  The area of operation was to be from the New York
Bight into the Atlantic Ocean.  But the real bargain was for TWX or
data service.

> Oh, and don't forget the $10,000 to $50,000 for the transmitting
> station.

Not necessarily.  You could get by with a relatively smaller rig for use in an
area with less vegetation than to what we're used to in North America.


aboritz%[email protected]  or  uunet!drharry!aboritz
Harry's Place (drharry.UUCP) - Mahwah NJ USA - +1-201-934-0861

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From: [email protected]
Date: 10 Mar 94 10:12:34-0500
Subject: Re: Telephone Companies And The Time


As they say on the radio talk shows "long time listener, first time
caller".  Anyway, I read Kent Borg's article about the "correct" time
and perhaps I can answer a couple of his questions.

Having spent several years in the switching side of Pacific Bell and
later as a programmer and analyst in the carrier access billing side
of PacBell and now as a access billing consultant for GTE, I don't
believe the clock in the billing computer has anything to do with the
recorded time of Kent's phone call.  The time is based on whatever
time was "stamped" on the record by the switching entity which
processed and recorded his call.  The billing computer might rate and
bill this call several days later and has no way of knowing whether
the date and time of the call, as recorded by the switching entity, is
correct or not.

In fact, when I was a switchman (I know this isn't a politically
correct term) working in a #1 and #5 X-BAR switch in San Jose, CA back
in the 60's, the time (for timing phone calls, not time of day
recording) was maintain by two timers (one primary and one back up)
which "checked" each other every six seconds for being in synch. Six
seconds was used because we were on six second timing in those days.
Anyway, the recorders (which recorded phone calls) were also synched
to the primary timer.  The time of day talking clock was in no way
tied to the two master timers.  In fact, even though the timers and
recorders checked each other for synch conditions every six seconds, the
time was set by someone using their watch! You wouldn't believe the
horror stories I could tell about how out of whack the time got after
someone and their watch did a time change (to and from daylight savings
time).  You had to insulate contacts and block relays in order to get
the rotary timing switches set properly for the new time.  Then you
had to synch the backup timer to the primary and then synch all the
recorders.  Lots of room for error!

I realize technologies have changed and I'm not sure whether the
timing mechanisms in a digital switch are tied to some sort of master
clock somewhere, but I suspect, even though they are much more
accurate that the old mechanical timers I worked on, some one
somewhere still has the ability to get his fingers in the equipment
and goof up the timing.  Some sort of timing pulse or something like
that is probably used to keep the internal system clock in the
switching machine in synch.  And, again, I don't think the talking
clock has anything to do with the system clock of an individual
switching machine.  So to answer Kent's questions (or to confuse him
more), the billing computer internal clock has nothing to do with the
timing of his phone calls.  This is done by the internal system clock
of the switching machine.  It produces a call date and time and an
elapsed time.  It also produces conversation and access elapsed times.
I guess that there are several definitions of the "correct time" based
on whether you call the talking clock or use the connect time printed
on your phone bill.

Sorry if I rambled on, but thinking about call timing brought back
lots of memories of relays, switches, and rotary dials.


Mike Dickson    GTE, Florida

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Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 13:18:23 EST
From: Paul Robinson <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Paul Robinson <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Internet Conferencing
Organization: Tansin A. Darcos & Company, Silver Spring, MD USA


Ralph E. Todd <[email protected]>, writes (text edited for brevity):

> In preparation for a term project dealing with organizational
> learning, I am in search of information regarding conferencing on the
> Internet.  Specifically, I envision a moderated forum supporting
> concurrent access for at least 30 user sessions.  Unix "talk" may be
> an option, but I beleive it would be kludgy for the moderator since it
> is limited to two-party conversations.  My forum would essentially be
> an Internet talk radio, complete with delays, (lending generic context
> to the name "Talk Net").

> Is anyone aware of the existence of such a forum?  Any knowledge of
> technology or building blocks which could support it?

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: What you are suggesting has been done
> many times in the past on Compuserve. The various forums have had
> special guest 'speakers' who were announced ahead of time. Using
> programs quite similar to the 'CB Simulator'

Okay, now we have something to discuss because while I think you two are
talking about the same thing, the terms are wrong.

"Internet Talk Radio" refers to a broadcast *sound recording* on the
order of a digitized tape recording.

There is provisions for setting up a multicast sound transmission over
the Internet.  It is this provision that I think is an opportunity for
people and a danger to telephone companies, since if you can hook up
your offices over the Internet using data lines you need for transmissions
anyway -- and have already paid for -- and can send voice calls among these
offices, what do you need to spend money on long distance telephone calls
for?

But what you both appear to be referring to is a typed text communication
rather than sound transmission.

That application already is running -- continuously -- on the Internet.
It's called Internet Relay Chat or IRC.  Having seen Compuserve's
forums I know what Pat is referring to, and IRC is all but identical
with that.

All that is needed is an IRC client on your site, and a connection to one
of many IRC hosts that are carrying it, all over the world.

Paul Robinson - [email protected]

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From: [email protected] (Steve Forrette)
Subject: Re: Why Caller-ID Instead of ANI?
Date: 10 Mar 1994 20:34:13 GMT
Organization: Walker Richer & Quinn, Inc.
Reply-To: [email protected] (Steve Forrette)


In <[email protected]>, TELECOM Digest Editor noted in
response to [email protected] (Scott Baer):

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I think you misunderstood the results of
> your prepending 10222 to a local seven digit number. In all probability,
> your local telephone exchange probably *ignored* the 10222 and handled
> the call themselves. They have the right to do that.  PAT]

Pat, I know you have stated this several times in the past, but is it
really true?  Whether the local telco can prevent IXC's from handling
intra-lata calls is a matter decided by each state's regulatory body.
Some allow it, and some don't.  But in all of the areas that I'm aware
of, one of two things happens: If the state allows intra-LATA
competition, then prepending 10xxx to a local call will cause the call
to be carried by the IXC, and would explain the behavior reported by
Scott in Phoenix.  If the state does not allow it, then the call is
rejected with a recording like "We're sorry, it is not necessary to
use a long distance carrier access code for the number you have
dialed."  In no case that I know of does a LEC allow the caller to
specify a 10xxx code but ignore it and carry the call itself.  Is this
indeed the case somewhere?


Steve Forrette, [email protected]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: It is indeed the case in many places.
For example, Illinois Bell (Ameritech) looks at the number dialed in
its entirity, in context, *then* decides what to do with it; whether
to handle it themselves -- if permitted, within the LATA for example --
or whether to hand it off in accordance with the dialing advice given
by the subscriber. Many or most telcos do not give away their intra-LATA
business if you dial it through them. Now if you wish to dial some 800
number, or 950 number for another carrier and that carrier is willing
to handle it (most likely it is technically unfeasable for them to
reject it even if they are not lawfully entitled to handle it), then
that is another matter. IBT treats dialing 10xxx before a 312 or 708
number the same way they treat dialing 10xxx before an 800 or 900 number;
i.e they ignore it and route the call according to other rules. Maybe
some telcos actually send the call to treatment; in that instance at
least, IBT simply handles it silently and transparently.  For instance,
I just now dialed 10288-1-312-440-5270. You do remember that number,
don't you? :). No recording, no intercept, it just rang as always.  PAT]

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From: [email protected] (Steve Forrette)
Subject: Re: Digital Cellular Phones
Date: 10 Mar 1994 23:42:47 GMT
Organization: Walker Richer & Quinn, Inc.
Reply-To: [email protected] (Steve Forrette)


In <[email protected]>, [email protected] (John Galloway) writes:

>> The "Cave" algorithm specified in IS-54 (the TDMA standard) is used to
>> encrypt data (ESN and possibly voice). The algorithm is keyed with
>> data that are never transmitted and are only known by the switch and
>> the mobile.

> But if this key is fixed (since it is not transmited I assume it is)
> then all the cellular blue box builder need to is disect a phone to
> get it.  This might not be a trivial opeation, but these crooks are
> pretty smart fellows.

Are you assuming that the key is the same for all phones?  If the key
is different for each phone, then the crook would have to get a hold
of a particular phone to dissect it to get the key.  And if they have
physical possession of the phone, there is little need to get the key
in order to make fraudulent calls, right?


Steve Forrette, [email protected]

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From: [email protected] (John Gilbert)
Subject: Re: Motorola Envoy Personal Wireless Communicator
Organization: Motorola, LMPS
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 18:14:27 -0600


In article <[email protected]>, a_rubin%dsg4.dse.beckman.com
(Arthur Rubin) wrote:

> In <[email protected]> Ben Burch <[email protected].
> com> writes:

>> NOTE TO EDITORS: Motorola and Envoy are registered trademarks of
>> Motorola Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the
>> property of their respective owners.

> For what it's worth, Envoy-100 is also the name of an Email network
> run by Telecom Canada.

Envoy was also the external product name of a Motorola tone-only pager that
is no longer being manufactured.


John Gilbert         [email protected]

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From: [email protected] (J. Scott Elam)
Subject: Re: More Dialogic Help Needed (& given)
Date: 10 Mar 1994 17:21:35 -0800
Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016


<[email protected]> wrote:

> Does anyone know where I can find the latest version of the Dialogic
> voice drivers for DOS for their D40/B and D41/B boards?

I have tar files (somewhere) of the Driver diskette and the Springware
diskette.  The version is 3.01 I believe.  I don't know if this will
work with the the xxx/B boards -- I think I'm using all xxx/D boards.
Email me if you want them.

One thing I am sure of -- I have a bunch of Dialogic equipment that I
no longer need.  1 D/20B, 3 D/41B, 10 D/41D and DID/40's, 1 DID/120,
and 1 LSI/120.  Prices are negotiable. See my "For Sale: Dialogic
boards" post here for further details and email me if interested.


[email protected]

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From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Can I Expect More Than 2400 Baud?
Organization: NCCOSC RDT&E Division, San Diego, CA
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 21:06:08 GMT


In article <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> writes:

> Is 2400 baud a reasonable service level to expect in this day and
> age?  What is the best or most appropriate way to approach a telephone
> company on this issue? As readers can no doubt deduce I am not a
> telecommuncations person.

Ask NYNEX why 2400bps only be supported in the Cape Cod area. If the
cause is noisy phone lines, then the telephone company is the one to
talk to. There are standards for signal to noise that the phone
company should meet. These standards should support 14.4.

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Date: 09 Mar 94 16:39:16 EST
From: Brian Leyton <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Starring Tom Cruise as Kevin Poulsen


Carl Moore asks:

> But what does ICM stand for?

International Creative Management.

They're a management firm in the entertainment industry.  The only
reason I know this is that I interviewed there for a job once ...


Brian Leyton [email protected]

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Date: Thu, 10 Mar 94 13:12:20 EST
From: Carl Moore <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: 810 Area Code Trouble?


My latest phone bill for C&P had a call where I dialed 610 but
which was displayed with area code 215.

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Date: Thu, 10 Mar 94 07:05:29 EST
From: [email protected] (Dave Niebuhr)
Subject: Re: Unzipping ISDN File in Archives


[email protected] (jeff shaver) wrote:

> I recently ftp'ed the ISDN.deployment.data.zip file from the Telecom
> Archives, but I can't unzip it.  PKZip 2.04(g?) tells me it's not a
> zip file.  Any ideas?  Thanks for your help!

I have a similar problem with my Unix workstation.  I have compress,
Unix pack, and gzip/gunzip and these packages can't handle PKZip
formats.  I know that the archives are huge and each file takes space,
but there are files in there that I can't access because of this.

Does anyone know of a utility somewhere that I might be able to obtain
to handle PKZip files.  I've tried Archie/Gopher/World Wide Web and
haven't had success.


Dave Niebuhr      Internet: [email protected] (preferred)
                           [email protected] / Bitnet: niebuhr@bnl
Senior Technical Specialist, Scientific Computing Facility
Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 11973  (516)-282-3093


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I have been sent another copy of the
file, this time in MIME format. It can be opened up with 2.04 PKUNZIP
according to the note which came with it. I will hold it here awhile
before putting it in the archives and if anyone wants a copy, write
me here to ask for it.   PAT]

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Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 13:28:03 EST
From: Paul Robinson <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Paul Robinson <[email protected]>
Subject: ISO Country Codes
Organization: Tansin A. Darcos & Company, Silver Spring, MD USA


A few issues back a woman asked for a list of the two-letter and
three-letter ISO 3166 codes for most countries.

While it does not include the codes for the countries that have been
created as a result of others being broken up (such as the Soviet Union
and Czechslovakia) one place to look is in my Internet RFC 1394, which
also shows international telex codes and worldwide telephone area codes.

This document is available from any of the sites that have RFCs on file,
and is also accessible via FTP from DS.INTERNIC.NET.

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From: [email protected] (Hanwook Jung)
Subject: DECT stardards
Organization: UB
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 23:18:27 GMT


Would you tell me where can I get or buy the standard of DECT?  Please
send me a email of the organization or company who sell the standard,
or possible FTP site of that.


Thank you in advance,

H Jung    [email protected]

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From: [email protected] (Isaiah Watas Cox)
Subject: Needed - Uplink to Western Satellite From Ural Mountains
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 02:35:38 GMT


I am seeking a digital carrier (either ground or satellite-based) who
can provide an intermittent 9600 bit/second connection to the Ural
Mountains. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks,

Isaiah   [email protected]

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From: [email protected] (Mike Willey)
Subject: Need a Source For Cellular Telecom Base Station Radios
Organization: Texas Metronet, Internet for the Individual  214-705-2917 (info)
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 03:41:01 GMT


I am posting the folowing for a friend who does not have internet access:

I am looking for a source for cellular Base Station radios ( not the
mobile units or hand-held phones, but the radios back at the cell site
that talk to the mobile units ).  Anyone know of a company that sells
such radios separately from their own cellular systems?

I am working on a new architecture for a Base Station/Mobile Switching
Center ( MSC ) and need some radios to demonstrate the concept.

Please followup to this news group or email to [email protected].


Thanks,

Mike Willey   *   Paragon Innovations, Inc.  *   [email protected]

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TELECOM Digest     Fri, 11 Mar 94 00:54:00 CST    Volume 14 : Issue 124

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

   NIU Forum Meeting Highlights for February 1994 (Steve Rogers)
   Telecomics and the Infobahn (Dave Leibold)
   Re: Local CID Showing Out of Area (Steve Forrette)
   Various Industry Items (Bell News, Ontario via Dave Leibold)

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From: [email protected] (Steve Rogers)
Subject: NIU Forum Meeting Highlights for February 1994
Organization: EDS Management Consulting Services
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 15:17:29 GMT


Volume 3                                  Number 1

  NIUF Meeting Highlights, February 8-11, 1994

Note: The mention of specific products in this document does not
constitute endorsement by the National Institute of Standards and
Technology.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, along with U S
WEST, sponsored the twentieth meeting of the NIUF on February 8-11,
1994.  Over 200 users, implementors and service providers of ISDN
technology attended the forum which was held at the Hyatt Regency Tech
Center in Denver, Colorado.

The NIUF continued the tradition of providing continuing education in
ISDN-related topics by offering the following tutorials as part of the
regular meeting:

>    "Overview of NIUF/New Users & New Implementors,"
    Karen Patten, AT&T    and Don Auble, Ameritech
>    "Basic ISDN," Steve Rogers, Electronic Data Systems
>    "ISDN Wiring & Powering Work Program," Steve
    Halpern, NYNEX S&T
>    "Planning Your ISDN Implementation," Karen Patten,
    AT&T
>    "ISDN:  Network & User Applications," Kay Burin,
    Bellcore-TEC
>    "WaveRunnerTM Digital Modem:  ISDN/Analog
    Connectivity", Bruce Dillon, IBM

Working Group Created for NII in NIUF.

Of special interest was the formation of a new National Information
Infrastructure (NII) Working Group (NIIWG).  This working group
provides a place for industry users, such as healthcare professionals
and telecommuters, to bring their information technology requirements
to be developed into applications and provide access to the
implementors, service providers, and hardware and software developers,
who will develop actual solutions to their requirements.

Plenary Highlights.

The work of the Multimedia Communications Forum (MMCF) was presented
by Wayne Zakowski (AT&T), Chairman of the Technical Architecture
Committee of MMCF.  The forum may consider a liaison between the NIUF
and MMCF for future applications work.  In addition, a representative
from the ISDN Users' Forum for Development of New Technology (Japan),
Dr.  Asano, presented information on Japan's progress of the ISDN
technology.

Executive Steering Committee (ESC) Highlights.

During this session, the Application Services Group made the steps
necessary to serve the NIUF as the Applications Committee of the newly
formed NIIWG.  Jack Robertson, Pacific Bell, was chosen as chair of
the Telecommuting and Government Mandates Committee.  Gary Olsen,
Northern Telecom, presented a straw proposal for a white paper to
position ISDN as the on-ramp of the NII.  This proposal was presented
to the ESC and input to the white paper was requested before March 15.
At the June NIUF, the white paper will be complete in draft form.  Bob
Schickofke, Siemens Stromberg-Carlson, presented the Telecommuting
Application Profile.  This profile will be used as the basis for a
marketing package to encourage corporations to telecommute their
employees.  Richard Raybold presented an update on the Clean Air Act
and led a discussion on telecommuting showstoppers.  Robert Margetts,
AT&T, brought forth a motion to the ESC to establish a recognition
process for members of the NIUF who do excellent or outstanding work.

The Versions - Capability Analysis and Planning group announced the
availability of the National ISDN-3 content document.  SR-NWT-002457,
Issue 1, December 1993 can be ordered from Bellcore at 1-800-521-CORE.
The cost of the document is $70.00.

ISDN Users' Workshop Highlights.

A General Users' Roundtable discussion included a presentation of
disaster recovery of telecommunications following the recent
earthquake in southern California.  Several speakers discussed issues
regarding the National Information Infrastructure.

The Government Services Group reviewed and accepted the NIIWG.
Participants were asked to review the Interworking Panel Document
(Draft), submit comments and assist in establishing a compilation of
ISDN Success Stories in Government.  The group accepted a profile
review from the Security and Network Management Technical Working
Group to prioritize work in conjunction with new Presidential
initiatives (NII).

Several presentations were given at the Mass Markets Group meeting.
GTE shared user requirements for corporate telecommuters and
work-at-home customers as well as presenting deployment plans.  The
National Semiconductor discussed low-cost isoEthernetTM solutions for
transporting multimedia streams using ISDN.  AT&T introduced the AT&T
Digital Adapter which allows simultaneous access to ISDN and some ISDN
voice features using existing analog telephones.  Finally, Bellcore
presented the results of their 1993 ISDN market research on residence
and small business customers.

The Broadband ISDN Working Group has published Volume II of the
Compendium of Broadband ISDN (B-ISDN) Papers presented at NIUF
meetings as well as Volume II of the Compendium of B-ISDN
Applications.  An interim report of the Broadband/Narrowband ISDN
Integration Committee was presented.  The group voted the Interactive
Simulation Application Profile as working group stable and concurred
with the transfer of activities to the newly created NII Working
Group's Architecture Committee.

The Enterprise Network Data Interconnectivity Family recognized that
remote access to LANs using ISDN devices require a great deal of
interoperability.  Currently most CPE on the market uses proprietary
algorithms.  A motion to test and demonstrate inter-vendor interoper-
ability was unanimously passed.  The motion set a milestone date for
this to be accomplished.

At the continuing series of Users' Issues Roundtables, the users heard
from two user transaction processing service providers about their
needs, experiences to date, and requirements for ubiquitous ISDN
packet switched services.  Mirek Kula, Gtech Corporation, and Andy
Singleton, SPS Payment Systems, described three key benefits of ISDN
packet switched services: 1) Reduce connect time significantly; 2)
Provide potential economic benefits; and 3) Increase flexibility and
reliability.

Critical requirements for the deployment of a ubiquitous ISDN packet
switched network are: develop an X.25 (over ISDN) service culture;
complete the technology development of services and features on the
packet network; and, offer cost effective business conditions.

Mr. Rob Sterrenberg, GTE, represented the TSTS (Transaction Switching
and Transport Service) Industry Forum, which was recently organized
using the North American ISDN Users' Forum structure as a guideline.
The TSTS Forum addresses all forms of transaction processing as well
as ISDN packet-switched services.  Several industries heavily involved
with transaction processing include businesses with card (credit,
debit) verification requirements, lottery, health care, etc.  Mr.
Sterrenberg also described recent deployment experiences with user
groups.  Going forward, the NIUF plans to formalize a liaison with the
TSTS Forum and to identify packet-switched requirements within the
current user-submitted applications for specific action.

The Simplification of ISDN Ordering, Provisioning, and Installation Ad
Hoc Group discussed the progress that has been made. The NIUF has
approved a set of agreements which can simplify ISDN ordering.  During
1993, the NIUF approved 10 Feature Sets (Phase 1 simplification) and
29 Line Sets (Phase 2 simplification) to serve as building blocks from
which ISDN applications or services can be constructed.  Customers, or
their agents, can order by specifying these Line Sets and Feature
Sets, instead of by specifying the much larger number of interface and
feature parameters.  At the February 1994 meeting, 15 Capability
Packages and 43 Solution Sets (Phase 3 simplification), constructed
from the Line Set and Feature Set building blocks, were approved;
these enable customers, or their agents, to order an entire
application.  At this meeting, many telephone companies presented
their plans to implement these simplification components during the
current year.  In addition, it is anticipated that these
simplification tools will play a key role in ISDN Solutions '94,
through the planned Solution Teams.

ISDN Implementors' Workshop Highlights.

The ISDN Implementors Workshop facilitated successful ISDN output.
The NIUF IIW agreed to support the activities of the National
Information Infrastructure (NII).  ISDN is an excellent "on-ramp" for
the NII and many synergistic activities will benefit both ISDN and
NII.  Four documents were ratified at the final plenary and four
additional documents were approved as working group stable.  These
documents are listed in the plenary section.  the IIW re-elected Glenn
Ehley (Siemens Stromberg-Carlson) as IIW Chair and Robin Rossow
(Bellcore) as IIW Vice Chair.  Both were re-elected for their third
consecutive term.

The Security & Network Management Profile Team and Technical Working
Group accepted a Department of Defense contribution of the DoD
Handbook on Network Management and Security.  Charters for each group
were reviewed and approved.  Profiles submitted to the Security
groups' were reviewed and the group asked the IIW for assistance in
recruiting additional analysts.  Profiles were passed back to the
Government Services group to prioritize or to delete profiles that are
no longer championed.

The Call Management Profile Team met on February 9th for a final
readout of the Telecommuting Application Profile.  This profile was
submitted to the Closing Plenary and approved.

The Video/Audio Conferencing Profile Team has changed their name to
the Multimedia Applications & Networking Profile Team.

The Applications Analysis Working Group distributed the document "A
Catalog of National ISDN Solutions for Selected NIUF Applications -
Second Edition" which was submitted to the Closing Plenary for
ratification.  Copies can be obtained from Bellcore by calling
1-800-521-CORE (2673) (908/699-5800 - foreign calls), Document GP-1,
the cost is $43 (overseas - prepay + 15% for shipping).  The document
can also be accessed by anonymous FTP from "info.bellcore.com",
directory: /pub/isdn.

The ISDN Conformance Testing (ICOT) & ICOT ACT 23 Working Groups
elected new officers: Leo Terry (Northern Telecom) as ICOT Chair, and
Roxe Murray (Northern Telecom) both ICOT Vice Chair and ACT23 Chair.
The document "Guidelines for Implementors of ISDN CPE to Conform to
National ISDN-1 and NIUF Layer 3 Basic Call Control Test Suites [ICOT
93-07, ACT23-92/42-3R7]" was approved in the Closing Plenary.

The Signaling/Supplementary Services Working Group voted the Layer 3
signalling specification for ISDN BRI Class II equipment document
[NIU/SSWG/94-002] as Working Group stable.  The group discussed
becoming inactive after the June 1994 NIUF; however, this will not
occur since a number of items were assigned to the SSWG during this
NIUF.  Some of the SSWG's participants had a joint meeting with the
Messaging and Answering group to discuss completion of its Application
Profile.

The Wireless Technical Working Group demonstrated ISDN applications
delivered over a satellite.  One of the applications included ISDN
video conferencing over a satellite.

A number of vendors are indicating that they are utilizing the NIUF
Application Software Interface (ASI) agreements in some of their ISDN
products (e.g., IBM WaveRunnerTM).  Therefore, the NIUF requested that
additional activity continues in the ASI arena.

The ISDN CPE and Software (ICSW) Working Group met and discussed how
the CPE and software community can work with the Corporation for Open
Systems to ensure that Solutions '94 will be an event that will be
successful in advancing the awareness of the benefits of ISDN
applications.  ICSW members will be working closely with COS on the
planning for this event.

The ICSW - CPE Development Issues held a one-day session with 22
presentations by ISDN equipment suppliers that included terminal
adapter, test equipment, video, LAN access and interconnection, and
network backup equipment manufacturers.  The applications discussed
ranged from computer access to work-at-home to remote broadcast audio.

The ICSW PBX Issues Subcommittee held discussions on the European and
U.S. alternatives to using ISDN for providing standard, interoperable
networking of PBXs from different manufacturers.  This group of leading
PBX vendors has been working with Bellcore to define specifications
for the public network in the U.S. for this application.

The ICSW Basic Rate Terminal Subcommittee worked with the Order
Simplification Group towards the implementation of methods of ordering
and installing ISDN that will make it much easier and reduce
complexity.  An ad hoc group was formed to work with the Corporation
for Open Systems Solutions '94 teams for early implementation of these
procedures.

At the ICSW Powering & Wiring Subcommittee, the initial sections of
the ISDN Wiring Guidelines became working group stable.  The
subcommittee made considerable progress on other sections of the
document. In its current state the document consists of:

1)        The 12/93 draft document with modifications to section 2
2)        Addendum #1: dealing with the requirements of the FCC
         Docket 88-57.
3)        Addendum #2:  Other changes resulting from review of the
         12/93 document.

For copies, contact at NIST Dawn Hoffman or Sara Caswell at (301)
975-4853.

The Closing Plenary approved the following documents on February 11,
1994:

> Phase 3 NIUF Application Packages and Solution Sets
> A Catalog of National ISDN Solutions for Selected NIUF
 Applications - Second Edition
> Guidelines for Implementors of ISDN CPE to Conform to
 Both National ISDN-1 and North American ISDN Users'
 Forum Layer 3 Basic Rate Interface Basic Call Control
 Abstract Test Suites [ICOT-93-07   ACT23-92/42.3R7]
> Signaling and Supplementary Services document
 NIUF/SWG/93-017
> Telecommuting Application Profile (89-039.4)

The following documents were announced as working group stable and
will be voted at the next meeting, if no substantive comments are
received:

> ISDN Wiring & Powering  Guidelines
 (NIU/ICSW/BRI/WPE/018) with Addendums #1 and #2
> ISDN Primary Rate Access Customer Installation Layer 1
 Conformance Testing - Update (NIUF 400-92/ICOT-91-53)
> Interactive Simulation Profile (93-002.8)
> Layer 3 Signalling Specification for the Minimal Set of
 Circuit-Switched Bearer Services for the ISDN Class 2 Basic
 Rate Interfaces (SSWG-305)

The following working group charters were approved:

> Security & Network Management Profile Team
> Security & Network Management Technical Working Group
 (modified)

Two new applications were submitted to the IUW:

94-001.1  Message Waiting Requirements for
         Attendant/Message Desk Applications
94-002.1  NI-2 for Interexchange Carrier PRI

NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, will host the next NIUF on June 20-24,
1994.  Contact Sara Caswell of NIST at (301) 975-4853 for further
information.

WaveRunner is a registered trademark of IBM.

isoEthernet is a Registered Trade Mark of the National
Semiconductor Corporation                  NIUF ANNOUNCEMENT

North American ISDN Users Forum Expands Mission to Include
Information Highway

Denver Colorado, February 11, 1994

Recognizing the need for a strong user voice early in the planning
process for the National Information Infrastructure (NII) the North
American ISDN Users Forum (NIUF), acting on the recommendations of a
study group established at its October 1993 meeting, today formally
expanded its mission to include the NII, popularly known as the
"Information Highway".

The NIUF was established under the auspices of the National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 1988. Its mission was "to create
a strong user voice in the implementation of ISDN and ISDN
applications and to ensure that the emerging Integrated Services
Digital Network (ISDN) meets users' application needs."

As a user driven activity the NIUF has been very successful in meeting
it's objectives. This is evidenced by development of ISDN user
applications, a catalog of ISDN solutions, simplification of ordering
ISDN services, deployment of National ISDN 1, Transcontinental ISDN
Project TRIP '92 and the increasing general availability of ISDN
services.

It is recognized that ISDN is continuing to evolve, driven by
technology and by user needs toward a ubiquitous, seamless, broadband,
transparent, common user system. This advanced system is the NII.

Eventually every business and residence in the US, and worldwide, will
have access to the NII.  Applications will be far ranging; entertainment,
telecommuting, distant learning, health care, education, air and ground
traffic control; the limits are set only by the imagination.

The technology to implement the NII exists today, using basic and
primary rate ISDN as the access architecture. As with ISDN, the key to
the timely and widespread deployment of the NII will be an open
architecture supporting the development of useful applications which
will stimulate user demand, thus justifying investment by the service
providers.

As with ISDN, the development of applications requires the interchange
of information on user interface standards and serving system
functions and capabilities as well as knowledge of the needs of
prospective users.

The NIUF has provided for this interchange of information for the ISDN
community, which greatly facilitated the deployment of that service,
and is well qualified, prepared and motivated to provide similar
support for the NII.

The next meeting of the NIUF is scheduled for June 20-24, 1994 at NIST
in Gaithersburg, MD.  For information, contact Dawn Hoffman or Sara
Caswell (301) 975-2937.

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From: [email protected] (Dave Leibold)
Date: 10 Mar 94 23:09:24 -0500
Subject: Telecomics and the Infobahn
Organization: FidoNet: The Super Continental - North York, Canada


Some of the recent funnies have picked up on the infobahn hype in recent
weeks ... examples include:

Bent Offerings 8 Mar 94:

Hitch-hiker stands on the shoulder of the "Information Super-Highway"
thumbing for a ride with his right hand, and holding a question mark
in the left.

Adam 8 Mar 94:

"... I feel like I'm merging onto the autobahn in a VW bug."

Shoe 15 Feb 94:

Shoe: "Is my job safe in the face of this information superhighway?"

Wizard: "Well, with any superhighway ... you've gotta expect some
roadkill."

... and for a completely different telecomic:

Shoe 7 Mar 94:

Waitress: "Lunch for one? Phoning or non-phoning?" (with scene of
dining cellular callers).

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From: [email protected] (Steve Forrette)
Subject: Re: Local CID Showing Out of Area
Date: 11 Mar 1994 05:27:09 GMT
Organization: Walker Richer & Quinn, Inc.
Reply-To: [email protected] (Steve Forrette)


In <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Richard
Dervan) writes:

> I had an interesting experience last week.  I got paged by my computer
> indicating it had received a voice message for me.  Since I was
> expecting a message from my sweetie, I went to a pay phone, called my
> computer, and picked up the message.

> When I got home, I saw OUT-OF-AREA on my CID box.

Did you use coins to place the call?  Any other method of payment
(such as calling card, collect, etc) is likely to cause OUT OF AREA on
a Caller ID box, even if both ends of the call are in the same CO.


Steve Forrette, [email protected]

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From: [email protected] (Dave Leibold)
Date: 10 Mar 94 23:09:42 -0500
Subject: Various Industry Items
Organization: FidoNet: The Super Continental - North York, Canada


[from Bell News, Bell Ontario 7 Mar 94]

On the competitive front:

Mega-merger called off -

What might have been the biggest merger in American history - Bell
Atlantic Corp. with Tele-Communications Inc. and its programming
subsidiary Liberty Media Inc. - has been called off by all parties.
The $33 billion deal would have coupled the giant regional phone
company with the nation's largest cable television operator.

Reason given was the "regulatory actions" of the Federal Communications
Commission which, on February 22, ordered cable television companies to
cut their rates by an average of seven per cent. "What's happened is
with cable re-regulation, the outlook for cash flow has deteriorated,"
said a Wall Street analyst.

Unitel backs out of Albera markets -

Canada's telephone companies have an obligation to provide service
equally to everyone no matter what it costs -- but long distance
competitors don't.

Unitel announced that it was backing off on plans to provide long
distance services to residence and small business customers in
Alberta. The company said it would not be able to make a profit in
these markets because of the contribution payments it would have to
make to help support local service.

The level of contribution long distance carriers must pay to support
local service is established every year by the CRTC.

[Rogers/Maclean-Hunter news item omitted since the deal where Rogers
is to buy out MH was announced a few days ago -- though cable company
rearrangements would be subject to CRTC approval].

Rogers signs deal with U.S. partner -

Rogers Network Services (an affiliate of Rogers Communications),
recenrly signed a deal with America's largest competitive access
provider (CAP) to promote each other's services.

CAPs provide customers with alternative local phone service so they
can bypass the local telephone companies. The deal with MFS Communica-
tions allows both companies to provide dedicated special access and
local private line services to large businesses in Canada and the U.S.
MFS already operates competitive networks in 23 major cities in the
U.S. and U.K.

MCI researches Information Highway -

MCI Communications recently conducted a survey to find out what kind
of services customers wanted most from the Information Highway.

Of the 800 customers polled, 75 per cent said they were chiefly
interested in access to libraries and educational programs; 61 per
cent wanted movies-on- demand; 55 per cent wanted direct access to
make travel reservations; and 44 per cent wanted video communications
with their family and friends.

MCI to compete in Mexico -

MCI recently joined forces with Danacel, Mesico's largest financial
group, to provide long distance services in Mexico. The new joint
venture will begin competing against Telmex, the Mexican national
carrier, when the market is thrown open to competition in 1996.

Bell Atlantic signs up newspaper publisher -

Bell Atlantic recently reached an agreement with U.S. publisher
Knight-Ridder Inc. to develop news, entertainment, advertising and
other multi-media services for delivery to the home. The deal will
provide Bell Atlantic with a source of interactive information
services while providing Knight-Ridder with new outlets for its
newspapers.

"Baby Bells" want local competition -

Ameritech and Pacific Bell are both pressuring their state regulators
to allow open competition in their local networks. Both companies say
they are willing to compete for local business provided the federal
regulator allows them to offer long distance services.

Although AT&T, MCI and other U.S. long distance companies would like
to get into the local network business, these companies are actively
lobbying the American government to keep the Baby Bells out of their
long distance market.

International giants to cut jobs -

AT&T recently announced that it intends to cut about 15,000 jobs in
its core long distance business. The reductions, which equal about 15
per cent of AT&T's work force, have been attributed to new technologies
and a reduced share in the long distance marketplace.

British Telecom also plans to reduce its workforce by about ten per
cent over the next two years. BT currently employs over 160,000
people.

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