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Frontier/Verizon Deal

Frontier is 1/4 the size now that it will be if the Verizon/SpinCo deal goes through.
Now The VZ areas being accuired have ATT, Nortel, Siemes and GTD-5 switches
along with different repair, informational, billing, and other support systems.
Frontier is taking over an area that has an operating system that is larger than they are.
Frontier is going to be assimilated by the larger take over area just as Citizens was by
the Frontier “merger”. You would have to think that these take over areas have lost about
as many lines as Frontier has today. This would make one think that the systems in the Verizon
areas could absorb the information from the current FTR systems, (Billing, repair, dispatch ect.)
There is no reason to believe these functions won’t be moved to the Verizon areas. The Verizon
areas have shifted out of these areas for the supercenter approach and left many empty buildings.
Frontier must be willing to invest large amounts of capital in these new Verizon areas.  Verizon
has lost many customers to Comcast and CLECS that have gained presence and size due to Verizon’s
lack of funding to these areas. These areas did not fit into the Verizon high valued services plans.
Verizon does not appear to have made any investments into these areas in the past 5 to 10 years.
It seems some institutions know that its going to cost Frontier to bring up these areas to speed.
This almost looks like a repeat of this deal-

New York Times

Thursday, March 18,1999

“Moving to gain a foothold in the United States, Global Crossing Ltd. of Bermuda, a new international
communications carrier, said yesterday that it had agreed to acquire the Frontier Corporation for $10.8 billion in stock.

Frontier, which from 1900 until 1995 was called Rochester Telephone, serves almost one million local telephone customers in 13 states. Far more important from Global Crossing’s point of view, though, is that Frontier owns about one-third of an advanced fiber optic communications network being built by Qwest Communications International, the communications company controlled by Philip F. Anschutz, the reclusive oil and railroad magnate.

Gary Winnick, Global Crossing’s founder and once an associate of Michael R. Milken at Drexel Burnham Lambert, has raised more than $4 billion for Global Crossing to build and operate undersea fiber optic networks. But the company has lacked a significant presence in the United States.”

Look out Verizon/SpinCo employee’s, get your money out now!

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September 3, 2010  Tags: Clecs, Comcast, Empty Buildings, Fiber Optic Communications, Foothold, Frontier Corporation, Ftr, Global Crossing Ltd, International Communications, Merger, New York Times, One Million, Operating System, Optic Communications Network, Point Of View, Siemes, Spinco, Valued Services, Verizon, Verizon Areas  Posted in: Jobs, Telecom  No Comments

T1 Basics

A T1 loop must be tested to verify that it complies with required specs. The tech will test the quality of the signal. Typically, testing signal quality involves placing a T1 signal on the local loop and measuring its performance over time. Continued here…………..

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September 3, 2010  Tags: 15 Minutes, Ami, Customer Premise, Density, Drawback, Eight Bits, Faults, Local Loop, Niu, Qrss, Random Signal, Recovery Capabilities, Repeaters, Signal Quality, Signal Source, Span, T1 Signal, Test Pattern, Test Patterns, Zeros  Posted in: TestGear  No Comments

Borescopes

A borescope is an optical device consisting of a rigid or flexible tube with an eyepiece on one end, an objective lens on the other linked together by a relay optical system in between. More……………

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September 2, 2010  Tags: Aircraft Engines, Borescope, Burrs, Diesel Engines, Eyepiece, Flexible Tube, Forensic Applications, Illumination, Industrial Gas Turbines, Interior Surfaces, Internal Image, Maintenance Requirements, Objective Lens, Optical Device, Optical Fibers, Optical System, Outer Sheath, Steam Turbines, Surface Finish, Truck Engines  Posted in: TestGear  No Comments

Fluke DTX Cable Analyzer

The DTX Cable Analyzer Series from Fluke Networks is the testing platform for today – and tomorrow. This revolutionary new future-proof platform significantly reduces total time to certify by improving every aspect of the testing process. It all starts with 9-second Cat 6 Autotest that means you can meet TIA-568-B and ISO 11801:2002 certification requirements and receive structured cabling warranties much faster than ever before. With all this speed also comes increased accuracy. The DTX is the only independently verified tester to obtain UL classification for ISO Accuracy Level IV. And, the DTX 10 Gig Copper Kit together with DTX-1800 delivers on the promise of a future-proof investment – measuring 10 Gig cabling performance and Alien Crosstalk (ANEXT and AFEXT) in full compliance with the industry standards to 500 MHz. The AC Wiremap feature validates twisted-pair cabling for Power over Ethernet services in accordance with TIA/EIA standards, even if a Midspan power supply is used.

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September 1, 2010  Tags: Accuracy Level, Autotest, Cat 6, Compliance, Copper, Dtx 10, Eia Standards, Ethernet Services, Fluke Dtx, Fluke Networks, Future Proof, Gig, Improving Every Aspect, Power Supply, Twisted Pair Cabling, Warranties  Posted in: TestGear  No Comments

xDSL Testing With A Field Spectrum Analyzer

xDSL achieves higher data rates over the existing copper by utilizing the frequencies well above the voice spectrum. POTS service uses the 300 Hz to 3200 Hz bandwidth; ADSL DMT uses up to 1.1 MHz and ADSL CAP extends up to 1.5 MHz. The frequency range is divided into 256 frequency bands of 4.3125 kHz each. The upstream signal uses the lower frequency tones (20 to 138 kHz) while the downstream signal uses the higher frequency tones (140 to 1100 kHz). Continued……………..

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September 1, 2010  Tags: Background Noise, Bandwidth, Copper, Digital Signals, Dmt, Dsl Circuits, Frequency Bands, Frequency Range, Frequency Spectrum, Higher Frequency, Hz, Impulse Noise, Noise Margin, Noise Measurement, Noise Source, Noise Sources, Pots, Power Spectral Density, Power Spectral Density Psd, Radio Transmission, Signal To Noise, Signal To Noise Ratio, Spectrum Analyzer, Synchronizing, Xdsl  Posted in: TestGear  No Comments

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