Re: No wonder the internet/ phone lines was always causing problems

["Rockytsquirrel" <gafa@xxxxxxx>]

worked for a gentleman  in the alarm trade  way back in 81  who had a
receiver setup in the shop  which  received a test signal from all the
systems  we had install to that date which  used digital communicators..
However being 1981  we didn't have very many,  most were still tape
dialers...

RTS



"tourman" <robercampbell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Jul 13, 11:41 pm, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Jul 13, 10:21 pm, "Rockytsquirrel" <g...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > some day  someone  needs to write a book of all the dip "s%&t"  stuff
>> > telephone people have done in peoples homes and businesses..
>>
>> > In 30+ years of security work,  I've seen some of the stupidest silly
>> > mistakes a person could do  by telephone employees..
>>
>> > RTS
>>
>> > "nick markowitz" <nmarkow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>
>> >news:8bd73a85-7d3c-4a94-a87e-c5f3809e15cc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> > > One of my customers switched to One communications ( Choice One )
>> > > several years back
>> > > and it seemed they had to reboot the modem several times a week off
>> > > the T1 with DSL  split circuit
>> > > One Communications provided.
>> > > Well they switched over to Verizon FIOS  out of complete frustration
>> > > with One communications and when it came time to trace everything out
>> > > today to allow Verizon to hook in guess what I found? The fucking
>> > > lazy
>> > > ass One Communications installer  had hooked the internet circuit
>> > > wire
>> > > going to the router thru a 100 ft piece of 4 conductor straight
>> > > station wire instead of running a Cat 5 wire and doing it correctly.
>> > > No wonder everything was always having problems.
>> > > Well thats 3 more stores they lost today because of bad service.But
>> > > of
>> > > course Verizon tech screwed up as well the one running in the new
>> > > metallic phone lines failed to hook up 2 of them before he left and
>> > > Verizon had to send a tech out on overtime so my customer had service
>> > > at there store this evening.
>> > > Well any ways the FIOS is hooked up and fantastic 25/20MBS
>> > > and no more phone line noise and scratch. and line troubles on the
>> > > fire system.
>>
>>
>> I can only wonder how many customers out there served by alarm
>> companies not using test signals, have alarm systems that can't
>> communicate to the station, and they don't know it.......
>
> RHC: Not if that is the company's policy not to include test signals,
> but instead pass the buck to the user by relying on the little sticker
> on the keypad..."test system monthly"....
>