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BELLCORE Information by The Mad Phone-man
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So, You've broken into the big phone box on the wall, and are looking at
a bunch of tags with numbers and letters on them. Which one is the modem
line? Which one is the 1-800 WATTS line? Which one is the Alarm Line?
Bell has a specific set of codes that enable you to identify what you're
looking at. These are the same codes the installer gets from the wire
center to enable him to setup the line, test it, and make sure it matches
the customers order. Here are some extracts from the Bellcore book.
First lets take a Hypothetical Line number I'm familiar with:
64FDDV 123456
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The serial number format:
Prefix + service code + modifier + serial number +
digits: 1,2 3,4 5,6 7,8,9,10,11,12 continued
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Suffix + CO assigning circut number + segmet
digits: 13,14,15 16,17,18,19 20,21,22
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The Important shit is in the 3d thru 6th digit.
SERVICE CODES Intra or Inter LATA Block 1-26
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AA- Packet Analog Access line
AB- Packet switch trunk
AD- Attendant
AF- Commercial audio fulltime
AI- Automatic Identified outward dialing
AL- Alternate services
AM- Packet, off-network access line
AN- Announcement service
AO- International/overseas audio (full time)
AP- Commercial audio (part time)
AT- International/overseas audio (part time)
AU- Autoscript
BA- Protective alarm (CD)
BL- Bell & Lights
BS- Siren control
CA- SSN Access
CB- OCC Audio facilitys
CC- OCC Digital facility-medium speed
CE- SSN Station Line
CF- OCC Special facility
CG- OCC Telegraph facility
CH- OCC Digital facility High-speed
CI- Concentrator Identifier trunk
CJ- OCC Control facility
CK- OCC Overseas connecting facility wide-band
CL- Centrex CO line
CM- OCC Video facility
CN- SSN Network trunk
CO- OCC Overseas connecting facility
CP- Concentrator identifier signaling link
CR- OCC Backup facility
CS- Channel service
CT- SSN Tie trunk
CV- OCC Voice grade facility
CW- OCC Wire pair facility
CZ- OCC Access facility
DA- Digital data off-net extention
DB- HSSDS 1.5 mb/s access line
DF- HSSDS 1.5 mb/s hub to hub
DG- HSSDS 1.5 mb/s hub to earth station
DH- Digital service
DI- Direct-in dial
DJ- Digit trunk
DK- Data Link
DL- Dictation line
DO- Direct-out dial
DP- Digital data-2 4 kb/s
DQ- Digital data-4 8 kb/s
DR- Digital data-9.6 kb/s
DW- Digital data-56 kb/s
DY- Digital service (under 1 mb/s)
EA- Switched acess
EB- ENFIA II end office trunk
EC- ENFIA II tandem trunk
EE- Combined access
EF- Entrance facility-voice grade
EG- Type #2 Telegraph
EL- Emergency reporting line
EM- Emergency reporting center trunk
EN- Exchange network acess facility
EP- Entrance facility-program grade
EQ- Equipment only-(network only) assignment
ES- Extension service-voice grade
ET- Entrance facility-telegraph grade
EU- Extension service-telegrasph grade
EV- Enhanced Emergency reporting trunk
EW- Off network MTS/WATS equivalent service
FD- Private line-data
FG- Group-supergroup spectrum
FR- Fire dispatch
FT- Foreign exchange trunk
FW- Wideband channel
FV- Voice grade facility
FX- Foreign exchange
HP- Non-DDS Digital data 2.4 kb/s
HQ- Non-DDS Digital data 4.8 kb/s
HR- Non-DDs Digital data 9.6 kb/s
HW- Non-DDS Digital data 56 kb/s
IT- Intertandem tie trunk
LA- Local area data channel
LL- Long distance terminal line
LS- Local service
LT- Long distance terminal trunk
MA- Cellular access trunk 2-way
MT- Wired music
NA- CSACC Link (EPSCS)
NC- CNCC link (EPSCS)
ND- Network data line
OI- Off premises intercommunication station line
ON- Off network access line
OP- Off premises extension
OS- Off premises PBX station line
PA- Protective alarm (AC)
PC- Switched digital-access line
PG- paging
PL- Private line-voice
PM- Protective monitoring
PR- Protective relaying-voice grade
PS- MSC constructed spare facility
PV- Protective relaying-telegraph grade
PW- Protective relaying-signal grade
PX- PBX station line
PZ- MSC constructed circut
QU- Packet asyncronous access line
QS- Packet synchronous access line
RA- Remote attendant
RT- Radio landline
SA- sattelite trunk
SG- control/remote metering signal grade
SL- secretarial line
SM- sampling
SN- Special access termination
SQ- equipment only-customer premises
SS- dataphone select-a-station
TA- Tandem tie-trunk
TC- Control/remote metering-telegraph grade
TF- Telephoto/facsimile
TK- Local PBX trunk
TL- Non-tandem tie trunk
TR- turret or automatic call distributor (ACD) trunk
TT- Teletypewriter channel
TU- Turret or automatic call distributor (ACD) line
TX- Dedicated facility
VF- Commercial television (full time)
VH- Commercial television (part time)
VM- Control/remote metering-voice grade
VO- International overseas television
VR- Non-commercial Television (7003,7004)
WC- Special 800 surface trunk
WD- Special WATS trunk (OUT)
WI- 800 surface trunk
WO- WATS line (OUT)
WS- WATS trunk (OUT)
WX- 800 service line
WY- WATS trunk (2-way)
WZ- WATS line (2-way)
ZA- Alarm circuts
ZC- Call and talk circuts
ZE- Emergency patching circuts
ZF- Order circuts, facility
ZM- Measurement and recording circuts
ZP- Test circut, Plant service center
ZQ- Quality and management circuts
ZS- Switching, control and transfer circuts
ZT- Test circuts, central office
ZV- Order circuts, service
SERVICE CODES FOR LATA ACCESS
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HC- High capacity 1.544 mb/ps
HD- High capacity 3.152 mb/ps
HE- High capacity 6.312 mb/ps
HF- High capacity 6.312
HG- High capacity 274.176 mb/s
HS- High capacity subrate
LB- Voice-non switched line
LC- Voice-switched line
LD- Voice Switched trunk
LE- Voice and tone-radio landline
LF- Data low-speed
LG- Basic data
LH- Voice and data-PSN access trunk
LJ- Voice and data SSN access
LK- Voice and data-SSN-intermachine trunk
LN- Data extension, voice grade data facility
LP- Telephoto/facsimile
LQ- Voice grade customized
LR- Protection relay-voice grade
LZ- dedicated facility
MQ- Metalic customized
NQ- Telegraph customized
NT- Protection alarm-metalic
NU- Protection alarm
NV- Protective relaying/telegraph grade
NW- Telegraph grade facility-75 baud
NY- Telegraph grade facility- 150 baud
PE- Program audio, 200-3500 hz
PF- Program audio, 100-5000 hz
PJ- Program audio, 50-8000 hz
PK- Program audio, 50-15000 hz
PQ- Program grade customized
SB- Switched access-standard
SD- Switched access-improved
SE- Special access WATS-access-std
SF- Special access- WATS access line improved
SJ- Limited switched access line
TQ- Television grade customized
TV- TV Channel one way 15khz audio
TW- TV Channel one way 5khz audio
WB- Wideband digital, 19.2 kb/s
WE- Wideband digital, 50 kb/s
WF- Wideband digital, 230.4 kb/s
WH- Wideband digital, 56 kb/s
WJ- Wideband analog, 60-108 khz
WL- Wideband analog 312-552 khz
WN- Wideband analog 10hz-20 khz
WP- Wideband analog, 29-44 khz
WR- Wideband analog 564-3064 khz
XA- Dedicated digital, 2.4 kb/s
XB- Dedicated digital, 4.8 kb/s
XG- Dedicated digital, 9.6 kb/s
XH- Dedecated digital 56. kb/s
Now the last two positions of real importance, 5 & 6 translate thusly:
Modifier Character Position 5
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INTRASTARE INTERSTATE
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A B Alternate data & non data
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C Customer controlled Service
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D E Data
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N L Non-data operation
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P Only offered under intra Restructured
private line (RPL) tariff
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S T Simultanious data & non-data
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F Interexchange Carriers is less than 50%
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G Interstate carrier is more than 50% usage
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MODIFIER CHARACTER POSITION 6
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TYPE OF SERVICE Intra LATA
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ALL EXCEPT US GOVT US GOVERNMT
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T M Circut is BOC customer to BOC customer
all facilitys are TELCO provided
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C P Circut is BOC/BOC and part of facilitys
or equipment is telco provided
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A J Circut is BOC/BOC all electricaly
connected equip is customer provided
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L F Circut terminates at Interexchange
carrier customers location
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Z Offical company service
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Interlata
S S Circut terminates at Interexchange
carriers point of term (POT)
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V V Circut terminates at an interface of a
Radio common carrier (RCC)
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Z Official company service
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Corridor
Y X Corridor circut
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International
K H Circut has at least 2 terminations in
different countries
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interexchange carrier
Y X Transport circut between Interexchange
carrier terminals.
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So 64FDDV would be a private line data circut terminating at a radio common
carrier. Other examples can be decoded likewise.
Enjoy this information as much as I've had finding it.
-= The Mad Phone-man =-
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