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- Path: sparky!uunet!caen!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!telecom-request
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 06:32:24 GMT
- From: caadams@atlas.cs.upei.ca (Kenny Adams)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Private Lines, Bandwidth
- Message-ID: <telecom12.846.3@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: University of Prince Edward Island
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 846, Message 3 of 13
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- In article <telecom12.835.5@eecs.nwu.edu> Alan Boritz <72446.461@
- CompuServe.COM> writes:
-
- > schmidt@auvax1.adelphi.edu (JOHN SCHMIDT) writes:
-
- >> Telco tariffs and technical standards have specific limits on signal
- >> levels and baud rates, to prevent crosstalk into other services.
-
- >> "Program" circuits are limited to +8 dbm, as measured on a"VU" meter
- >> (+18dbm peak), although I have run much hotter levels in unamplified
- >> loops without "detection" (read 'complaint').
-
- > AT&T, NYTel, and just about every other telco in the US use *0 dBm*
- > as their nominal level transmission standard, NOT +8.
-
- > That's a hell of an example to set for a public radio station at an
- > educational institution: know your standards ... and ignore them.
-
- In Canada the contracts that we (CBC) have with the various telephone
- companies for program circuits specify 0vu = +8dBm with program peaks
- to +18 dBm. the signal travels over twisted pairs at this level. it
- is processed before going into their mux at the co. the contracts
- have clauses in them restricting the length of +18 dBm tone we may
- feed on the circuit. in fact we are supposed to ask the carrier for
- permission to do headroom testing on analogue multiplexed circuits, as
- the high audio levels could exceed the maximum loading for the mux
- resulting in the loss of all of the calls on the channel. this is not
- a problem with digital transmissions or with audio subcarriers on top
- of our video circuits. we have several hundred program audio circuits
- with the various telcos.
-
- I work for CBC as an electronics maintenance technician in both radio
- and TV. These are my ramblings and not those of the Canadian
- Broadcasting Corp.
-
-
- kenny adams charlottetown prince edward island canada
- caadams@atlas.cs.upei.ca standard disclaimers apply....
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