The TTC T-Berd 224 would be a good choice for DS1 testing. The T-Berd 310 is a similar unit for DS3 level testing. The TTC units have several different software options that you may or may not need (ISDN, various loop codes, etc). The price is often times higher than $3-$6k. You can plan on spending $10k or more for a well configured test set. --------------------------------------------- Chad Skidmore Director of Network Engineering Northwest Nexus, Inc. http://www.nwnexus.com 1-888-NWNEXUS
-----Original Message----- From: Marko Bukvic [mailto:marko@pfmc.net] Sent: Monday, May 18, 1998 2:53 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: DS1 test units, T-Birds and the like
Can anyone recommend DS1 diagnostic equipment? Something similar to what the LEC would use when you ask them to test the line.. I am aware that these units range around $3K-$6K each and that you would want to get 2 of them.
Thanks.
Marko Bukvic marko@pfmc.net
Chad Skidmore writes:
The TTC T-Berd 224 would be a good choice for DS1 testing.
In a previous lifetime, I designed subsystems for T1 network equipment. We had a number of test sets in the lab (and counted many of the tester vendors as our customers). By far, the TTC units were my favorite. My mind is hazy ... we had both a T-Berd and a Fire-Berd. One was handheld and the other was benchtop. I *think* the Fire-berd may have been the benchtop. That was my preferred unit. Disclaimer: this was all a hundred years or so ago, but it ain't like T1 has changed a whole lot since then. -- Chip Rosenthal * Unicom Systems Development http://www.unicom.com/ Has your mail server been spamproofed? http://maps.vix.com/tsi/ Outlaw junk email * Support CAUCE http://www.cauce.org/ "Sure it's working, but couldn't you shine it up some?"
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