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Javik
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join:2006-10-02
Gilman, WI
| Rural Century Telephone remote terminal unit
Rusty old Century Telephone / CenturyTel RTU? | 
It doesn't say CenturyTel. Just RUBY in red letters | 
Gray splice box by road has same RUBY in red letters |
It doesn't explicitly say CenturyTel, at least from this view, but it has RUBY in red letters, which is also on the large gray metal telco splice box by the road. What with the rust on the bottom, this RTU is probably 20 years old or more and likely is from when the CenturyTel megacorp was still just Century Telephone. Anyone ever seen one like this?
Since it's out in someone's field, these photos are taken from the road. I don't want to be trespassing to take photos of it, but I'd like to see the other side. Does CenturyTel own the driveway up to it, or can RTU's be installed on other people's private property?
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I have no idea how the phone company determines where to put these remote terminals, but Ruby WI was once a large logging camp in the early 1900s which then folded up and blew away, and there is still a large run-down old building by this box that was once a country store.
It seems possible that there might have been a rural telephone exchange at this location back in the logging camp days. The first RTU out here may have been plunked down back in the 1950's - 1960's to replace the local office and take over the trunks.
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Javik
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join:2006-10-02
Gilman, WI
edit:
May 24th, @07:04PM
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AFC RFC-120 / AFC-120 |
Apparantly a pile of 48v batteries sits in a drawer in the base of the remote terminal. Neat!
Thread:
»Help me find the remote DSLAM
RTU Images PDF (battery retrofit guide), look at page 12:
»www.ptsupply.com/pdf/avestor_OSP···uide.pdf
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I've been googling around for AFC but I cannot figure out what the initials mean.
Here's a company making a retrofit kit for the AFC-120 to go from 300 watt to 800 watt equipment capacity. Hmm, so the little edge-over top cap is actually a fan shroud, apparantly sucking air up through the internal hardware rack and out the top.
»www.txpcorporation.com/html/cont···nt_id=76
As they say:
For many years AFC stood as one of the premier access providers to the hundreds of US based Independent Operating Companies. Literally thousands of small line count AFC cabinets are deployed in networks across the nation. Originally deployed for POTS only, some cabinets were upgraded to support DSL on a percentage of lines, often bringing the cabinets to their thermal and power limits.
With the introduction of fiber transport, high-speed data and video services, and ever increasing takes rates, carriers turned to the next generation of access equipment. But while the original electronics may be superseded, most of the installed AFC cabinets have many years of serviceable life left in them. With a well engineered set of changes, these cabinets can easily be adapted to support many of today's newer systems.
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pstewart
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join:2005-10-12
Peterborough, ON | AFC was bought by Telabs a few years back..;) | |
Javik
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join:2006-10-02
Gilman, WI
edit:
May 25th, @05:52PM
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Tellabs 1900-48 Remote Service Cabinet (48 line) | | 
Tellabs 1900-120A Remote Service Cabinet (120 line) | |
Did you mean: Tellabs terminal? 
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2004: Tellabs to acquire AFC for $1.9 billion in cash and stock
»www.afc.com/press_release.asp?id=112
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And of course you can't really expect them to stop making what has been such a great seller under the AFC brand name. Tellabs still makes two models with this shape:
Tellabs 1900-48 Remote Outdoor Cabinet (48-line capacity)
»www.tellabs.com/products/1000/tl···_rsc.pdf
The Tellabs® 1900-48 Remote Outdoor Cabinet is an environmentally controlled enclosure that supports a single, reduced-size Tellabs® 1000 Multiservice Access Platform (MSAP) Channel Bank Assembly (CBA) and optional protector panel, integrated charger/rectifier, and batteries. The Tellabs 1900-48 cabinet has a total capacity of 48 lines, and is ideal for medium-line applications such as business parks, apartment complexes, and rural areas.
Like all Tellabs 1000 multiservice access products, the Tellabs 1900-48 cabinet supports POTS, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), special services, T-1, xDSL, fiber, wireless and more. The cabinet can be deployed in any network topology (point-to-point, star, tree etc.) including integrated and universal configurations. The CBA functions as a D4 Channel Bank, Intelligent Channel Bank, Digital Loop Carrier (DLC), MSAP, Next Generation Digital Loop Carrier (NGDLC) and proprietary fiber mux.
The Tellabs 1900-48 cabinet may be configured initially to utilize copper T-1 facilities for transport, while allowing plug-in, non-service affecting upgradability to fiber facilities at the customer’s convenience.
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Tellabs 1900-120A Remote Ourdoor Cabinet (120-line capacity)
»www.tellabs.com/products/1000/tl···_rsc.pdf
The Tellabs® 1900-120A Remote Outdoor Cabinet is an environmentally controlled enclosure supporting one Tellabs® 1000 Multiservice Access Platform (MSAP) Channel Bank Assembly (CBA) with fan shelf, protector panel, Universal Power Assembly (UPA), Charger/Rectifier, and batteries.
The Tellabs 1900-120A cabinet has a total capacity of 120 lines, and is configured for small-to-medium broadband installations requiring optimal Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) service card capacity without exceeding heat and power thresholds. The Tellabs 1900-120A cabinet is ideal for fiber-in-the-loop and fiber-to-the-curb applications and for applications in business parks, multiple dwelling and multiple tenant units, and rural areas.
The cabinet provides a cost-effective alternative for applications with moderate ADSL service volumes. It may be configured initially to utilize copper T-1 facilities for transport, while allowing plug-in, non-service affecting upgradability to fiber facilities at the customer’s convenience.
Like all Tellabs 1000 MSAPs, the Tellabs 1900-120A cabinet supports POTS, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), special services, T-1, xDSL, fiber, and wireless. The cabinet can be deployed in any network topology (point-to-point, star, tree), including integrated and universal configurations. Digital Loop Carrier (DLC), Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), Next Generation Digital Loop Carrier (NGDLC) and fiber mux.
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Based on the short-squat vs tall-skinny appearance of our RTU, we probably have the 120-line model.
Thanks for the help with this useless but interestingly inquisitive research project. 
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Splitpair
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join:2000-07-29
Cow Towne | reply to Javik
Probably contains a single channel bank fed by metallic DS1's aka T1's.
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weaseled386
join:2008-04-13
Port Orange, FL
 ·Verizon Wireless B..
 ·mybrighthouse
| I know it's not, but it looks VERY close to the MESA Sport cabinet. That cabinet has 3 copper DISC*S shelves (300 lines), a Charles Industries Wescom T1 repeater and a Alcatel-Lucent DDM-2000 OC3. Like I said tho, VERY CLOSE!
The box at the very bottom should house batteries. With a base that large any combination of 12/28's or 12/155's could be under. | |
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