New ACMA PSTN and Cabling Standards for comment
Australias’ Communications Alliance Ltd invites public comment on the following two draft Standards:
Analogue interworking and non-interference requirements for Customer Equipment for connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network (DR AS/CA S002:2010)
Requirements for customer cabling products (DR AS/CA S008:2010)
DR AS/CA S002:2010 is a revision of the 2005 edition of the Standard. It proposes new and revised requirements for power and voltage transmission limits (to cater for VDSL2 services), longitudinal balance and insertion loss, new recommendations for decadic signalling and keypad locks and the removal of the 50 Hz meter signal detection and Loop-in PSTN line requirements.
DR AS/CA S008:2010 is a revision of the 2006 edition of the Standard. It proposes revised requirements for cable materials, conductor composition, special applications cables and aligning the requirements for earthing of enclosures and access to terminations with AS/ACIF S009 Installation requirements for customer cabling. The requirements for surge protective devices are proposed to be removed as they are addressed in other Standards.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD CLOSES AT 5.00 P.M. ON 6 SEPTEMBER 2010
Communications Alliance welcomes your input. Copies of these documents can be obtained from our website www.commsalliance.com.au/Documents/public-comment
All submissions received will be made publically available on the Communications Alliance website. (Austest Laboratories is a member of the Communications Alliance).
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