ok is 263 CABLE lines into the telephone system SO that when someone at an ex- tension dials 9 they will be able to place an outside call. Cabling Standards The following information reviews a cabling standard. It was obtained from an article by William C. Spencer of Net- work & Communications Technology, Park Ridge, NJ (201-307-9000) in Business Communications Review Maga- zine, Hinsdale, IL (708-986-1432). The article was contributed for use in this book by Anthony G. Abbott, president of Comware Systems, Inc. (203-326-5500), a telecommunica- tions management software company. In 1993, the American National Standards Institute, the Tele- communications Industries Association and the Electronic Industries Association formally approved and published their Administration Standard for the Telecommunications Infrastruc- ture of Commercial Buildings, numbered EIA/TIA-606. This administrative standard follows and conforms to the Commer- cial Building Telecommunications Wiring Standard (ANSI/EIA/ TIA-568, published in July 1991) and the Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces (ANSI/ EIA/TIA-569, published in October 1990). Although not as widely known as EIA/TIA-568 and 569, the new EIA/TIA-606 and 607 standards may have far-reaching ef- fects on the telecommunications industry. People in charge of network management in an organization will see these standards as the foundation upon which they will build future network con- figurations and management systems. Those preparing Requests for Proposals will include technical specifications based on the standard when defining documentation and identification require- ments for new structured wiring systems. System integrators, contractors, designers and installers will have to understand the 606 and 607 standards in order to respond to the new requirements which hopefully will be included in fu- ture RFPs. In addition, software developers, who offer 264 & The Telecom Handbook CHAPTER 12 cable industry is in a state of flux. When pre- paring to