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   In comp.dcom.frame-relay, , CCIE8122   
    wrote:   
      
   >>>Additionally, once you hit about 8-10 T-1s in a single loc, it becomes   
   >>>cheaper to bring the T-1s across fiber, purchasing a MUXed DS-3 access   
   >>   
   >>>from the LEC.   
   >>   
   >> I'm not terribly experienced with DS-3 service to the customer, but   
   >> much of the LEC-to-AT&T DS-3 service is still coax (electrical) rather   
   >> than fiber (optical).  And all the DS-3 equipment I've encountered has   
   >> used coax, whether for Frame Relay, ATM, or IP.  Were you thinking of   
   >> OC-3 rather than DS-3?   
   >>   
   >> Jack Dominey   
   >> AT&T Network Disaster Recovery   
   >   
   >No, DS-3 service is delivered by the LEC over fiber from the CO to the   
   >optical equipment.   
      
   Ok.  Google got me a reference to DS3 fiber modules by Telect, so I   
   can't say I haven't seen it anywhere.  Just something I'm unfamiliar   
   with.   
      
      
      
      
   >By the way, can you tell me why when AT&T provisions a "total service"   
   >circuit (i.e., AT&T orders copper loop from the LEC) the process goes   
   >fairly smoothly, but when AT&T provisions a "baseline" or "STSI" circuit   
   >(i.e., customer/LEC gives AT&T CFA or tie-down on a LEC high-cap   
   >facility) the process is a nightmare?   
      
   Sorry, but I have no idea.   
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   AT&T Network Disaster Recovery   
      
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