[VoIP] Type of Terminal Block Used, Was RJ chatter

[Dennis D Hock]

Keelan,

I use BIX exclusively at work. When we were in the market for a high
density termination in 86 87 timframe it was a toss up between BIX and 110.
I had decided to go with 110 even though it seemed to have more pieces and
parts but was then told by the GrayBar, Buckeye and North Supply reps that
we could not expect to be able to get a steady, contious supply.  They all
indicated that ATT was having trouble meeting the internal demand and so
had a sort of lottery going with each vendor receiving only so much of a
monthly or quarterly allotment.  As I have darn near 100 closets and three
main rooms in the HQ complex alone the thought of a protracted delivery
didn't bode well.  As it was it took us until 93 to get to all the HQ
closets, while many SC and power plants were converted at the same time as
project work demanded.

I went back and reexamined the BIX product.  I am still very happy with it
as it has grown throguht the years to meet all the requirements of 568 and
supports Cat 5 wire with the same block as the original.  I am moving into
GigaBIX slowly where required because we have a std layout for back boards
and it is not easy to simply add the newer Giga BIX mount and keep the
backboard in a good state.

Dennis Hock

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To: Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog Switches <voip at ckts.info>
From: Keelan Lightfoot <keelan at mail.grenander.com>
Sent by: voip-bounces at ckts.info
Date: 12/09/2007 02:03PM
Subject: Re: [VoIP] RJ chatter

> I know what 66 style is as I collect tools and I have a 66 punchdown
> tool to go with my Quante, Krone and other IDC tools and although I
> don't have any I am aware of what a 66 block is as it is similar to
> Krone and Quante termination blocks.

While we're on this subject, are BIX blocks often used elsewhere in
the world besides Canada? Up here, there's not many fans of 110
blocks. The de-facto standard, at least in BC, is to use BIX blocks.
All the copper work I do in the datacenter I work in is with BIX (and
Giga-BIX) terminations, our office phone and data cross-connects are
BIX. The telephone company also demarcs their feed into the building
on a wall of BIX blocks. The tool makes a lot more sense, using a
metal-on-metal scissor blade to cut the excess wire, rather than
relying on a metal blade using the plastic block as an anvil to cut
the wire off.

- Keelan
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