Telecom Compliance; Telephone Company Notification - Northern Telecom Meridian 1 Installation And Maintenance Manual

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Telecom compliance

Telephone company notification

553-3601-200 Standard 7.00 November 1998
an authorized U.S. maintenance facility designated by the distributor. Any
repairs or alterations made by anyone else to this equipment or any equipment
malfunctions can give the telecommunications company cause to request
disconnection of the equipment.
You should ensure for your own protection that the electrical ground
connections of the power utility, telephone lines, and internal metallic water
pipe system, if present, are connected together. This precaution might be
particularly important in rural areas.
This equipment cannot be used on public coin phone service provided by the
telephone company.
The Meridian Companion PCI system meets FCC Part 68 requirements for
loop start Central Office interface.
You do not need to contact your telephone company before connecting a
Meridian Companion PCI system to the telephone network. The telephone
company, however, might ask you to provide the following information:
• telephone number or numbers to which the system will be connected
• FCC Registration Number (on the FCC label)
• Ringer Equivalence Number (on the FCC label)
• type of jack (RJ21X)
SHOCK!
Users should not attempt to make electrical
ground connections themselves.
Users should contact the appropriate
electronic inspection authority or electrician, as
appropriate.