[VoIP] Status monitoring

[Ian Jolly]

I echo your sentiments John.

I tend to use the term 'Heritage switch'  rather than EM switch - as first 
generation electronic systems are now worthy of preservation in their on 
right.

Why not have them connected to CNET?   It all helps to expand the network 
and those interested in preserving old switches together.

I've just had someone  put in touch with me, who has a working strowger 
switch and never realised that there were others afflicted in the same way. 
I'm now educating him in the ways of CNET  :-)

We have several folk in the UK who just have an ATA or two hosted on 
someone-else's asterisk tandem. The ATAs are connected to exchange trunks on 
first generation electronic PABXs.   These 1st generation electronic 
switches can be now be older than the youngsters who are collecting the old 
telephones connected to them.  Remember a 21 year old sees an electronic 
switch introduced in the late 1970's as 'ancient' - they weren't even born 
then.

Let us encourage the preservation and connection of these switches - they 
are all part of the evolving 'Story of Telecoms'.

Ian Jolly

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CNET - the Heritage Telephone Network
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Novack" <jnovack at stromberg-carlson.org>
To: "Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog Switches" <voip at lists.ckts.info>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [VoIP] Status monitoring


>
>
> Ian Jolly wrote:
>> It is almost a year since the subject was discussed.  Chad Perkins was
>> working on it, if I remember correctly and a sample of Chad's 'test 
>> results' page is still at http://maine.maine.edu/~chad/cnetmwt.html
>>
>> I notice that on the /411 and other pages that there are several office
>> codes listed with a number of entries against each.
>>
>> However no response is received if they are dialled.   In fact I spotted 
>> the "owner" of one of these listed codes saying on another list that he 
>> used to be on "CNET"
>> To quote him -
>>
>> "Again definitely didn't want to put CNET in a bad light or anything, 
>> again I actually had a switch on there for a while (It wasn't an EM 
>> switch but a digital imitation, yes I can hear a few people booing at me 
>> now for trying that, so I gave up on it). "
>>
> I for one certainly don't feel that way.
> There are many reasons for someone not having an EM switch, from space,
> to time, to available equipment.
> There are several still hooked up that only have simulations, and I
> think thats just fine. As long as someone has interest, and in many
> cases, contributes to the community, any sort of "imitation" works for me.
>
> Perhaps whoever knows who this fellow is can give him a pep talk and
> either welcome him back or ask that he release the office codes back
> into the pool
> It is certainly understandable when someone, as the fellow in New
> Orleans, gets flooded out and takes years to get back into operation.
> What I don't quite get is someone "giving up" and not letting the
> community know.
> Obviously if one dies, notification is forgiven. Otherwise speak up!
>
> The status monitor project was interesting and useful, and if some of us
> need to reserve a number for that function, lets do it and pump some
> life back into the effort.
>
> John Novack
>
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