c., 301 NOC, 278 microwave dish, 243 Normal fax mail, 183 modal dispersion, 258 Nortel, 301 modem, 237 Northern Telecom, 301 Modem strapping options, NT-1, 231 number assignment, 226 modem substitution switch, 318 in The Telecom Handbook INDEX poll, 118 poll cats, 120 Off-hook voice announce, 43 polled, 51 Off-system call forwarding, polling, 120 polyvinyl chloride, 261 one bit, 239 POP, 222, 278 out of band, 230 portability, 216 out of band signaling, 230 ports, 25 outside line, 207 POTS, 34, 37, 274 Outsourcing Resources, 297 POTS line, 224, 274 Overflow, 79 power failure transfe, 56 Overhead Paging, 292 power ground, 255 predictive dialers, 90 presence context, 159 packets, 144 Presence Technology, 159 paging, 43 PRI, 26, 231 patch panels, 252 Primary Rate Interface, 26, 231 patches, 156 printed circuit boards, 25 Pathway reports, 267 privacy release, 47 PBX Trunk Group, 121 Private, 21 PBX-to-host, 173 private line, 224 PCM, 31, 242 programmability, 156 Peripheral System Installa- tion, 288 property management system, Peripheral System Manufac- Protocols, 245 turers, 288 personal greeting, 65 PSTN, 144, 150, 151, 286 Phase Modulation, 239 public, 21 Phase roll compensation, 240 Public Switched Telephone Network, 144, 150, 151 pick up on line 3, 35 pulse amplitude modulation, PingTone, 169 plain old telephone service, Pulse code modulation, 31, 34, 37, 224, 274 platform-based systems, 180 punch down, 252 point-of-presence, 222, 278 PVC, 261 point-to-point circuits, 207 The Telecom Handbook $ 319 INDEX quad, 250 Same Call Fax, 185 quality of service., 144 satellite, 243 queue, 77 save and repeat, 46 Queue Display, 83 Screen Pop, 76, 161 Screen Pops, 91, 160, 180 Screened Twisted Pair Cable, Radio Frequency Interference, SCTP, 255 SDN PRI, 224 RBOCs, 302 Self-testing diagnostics, 240 read, 176 Send a Document, 196 real estate, 26 server, 173 Real Time Displays, 85 Session Initiation Protocol, receiver, 5, 16 146, 147, 164 redundancy, 56 SGCP, 151 Regional Bell Operating SGML, 165 Companies, 301, 302 Shielded Twi