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As BT no longer has a monopoly of internal wiring, they make a substantial charge if a fault reported to them is found to be in the customer's internal/domestic wiring. It is therefore important for the customer to have the facility to check whether a fault is in their internal wiring/equipment or externally in BT's cabling or systems.
Marconi System X originally developed by the British Post Office (later BT), GEC, Plessey and STC, is a type of digital exchange used by BT Group in the UK public telephone network. A digital exchange (Nortel DMS-100) used by an operator to offer local and long-distance services in France. Each switch typically serves 10,000–100,000 ...
Up to 4.26p a minute (plus VAT), but fixed (e.g. always 3p/minute or always 4p/minute) from BT landline, other providers may charge more; up to 42p a minute from mobiles. 0843 xxx xxxx 0844 00x xxxx Non-BT Discount Scheme—Internet Services incorporating unmetered access up to and including 5p for BT customers 0844 01x xxxx to 0844 09x xxxx
20th century Bell Canada demarcation point for a single phone line. The spark-gap surge protectors on the left have hex heads for easy removal. Near center, a post is connected to the house's ground. The other two connection points are for tip and ring. A test jack can be attached nearby so the home-owner or tenant can verify whether the inside ...
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Landline service is typically provided through the outside plant of a telephone company's central office, or wire center. The outside plant comprises tiers of cabling between distribution points in the exchange area, so that a single pair of copper wire, or an optical fiber, reaches each subscriber location, such as a home or office, at the network interface.
In practice, such charging rates applied only from BT lines and calls typically cost 16p per minute from non-BT landlines and up to 45p per minute from mobile telephones. In 1999, landline providers started to offer "inclusive" call packages where calls to 01 and 02 numbers were free. Within a few years most customers were on this type of plan.
Fault mimics to present to the exchange's test equipment. An analogue modem to receive data calls for remote diagnostics. A battery backed real-time clock and memory to store the time and type of fault events like bit errors. A 25-pin RS232 connector for local access to the SMAC card's diagnostic logs.