TELECOM Digest     Thu, 16 Jun 94 00:26:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 290

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Ontario Announces Support For LARG*net (Joan McCalla)
    CSPA Annual Conference - Software Superhighway 2000 (Daniel Ho)
    Automated Test Equipment Wanted (Leroy Casterline)
    Help Wanted With Intellepath ii (Gary Merinstein)
    Telecom Services in Chile (Stacy L. Millions)
    Where to Find Bid For Cellular Network Implementation? (Konrad Weigl)
    Questions About Scrambling (Stuart Whitmore)
    Looking For Information on E&M Tie Lines (Anthony Walker)
    Seeking NJ Based Telco People (AFC Chip)
    Help Needed With Wincomm Pro (Rob Lesan)
    Re: Pager on a Watch? (Matt Holdrege)
    Re: Pager on a Watch? (Ry Jones)
    Re: Pager on a Watch? (Kim Prisk)
    Re: Pager on a Watch? (Mark Crispin)
    Re: Forwarding and PacBell (Steve Cogorno)
    Re: Call Waiting (Jeffrey W. McKeough)
    Re: U.S. Postal Service and the Information Highway (Robert Casey)

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From: mccallj@gov.on.ca (Joan McCalla)
Subject: Ontario Announces Support For LARG*net
Organization: Government of Ontario
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 04:28:59 GMT


June 13, 1994

          ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE MINISTER LANKIN
        ANNOUNCES $2.1 MILLION SUPPORT FOR LARG*net PROGRAM

      LONDON -- Ontario Economic Development and Trade Minister
Frances Lankin today announced Ontario Network Infrastructure Program
(ONIP) funding of $2.163 million to establish LARG*net (London and
Region Global Network), a local initiative that will create a
leading-edge medical image and telecommunications network and create
long-term jobs in the community.

      The Minister was joined by Middlesex MPP Irene Mathyssen and
London South MPP David Winninger and representatives from six local
health care and research organizations.

      "This initiative, which will create at least eight new
high-skill, long-term jobs in its first year, will provide shared
access to a wide variety of resources, including teaching cases,
patient care information and image processing, for doctors and other
health care professionals as well as medical students," said Ms.
Lankin.

      The project partners include Victoria Hospital, St. Joseph's
Health Centre, University Hospital, the University of Western Ontario,
the John P.  Robarts Research Institute and Fanshawe College. LARG*net
will establish a high speed metropolitan network linking these
London-based participants.
      
      "In addition to enhancing the level of information and service
available to the health care community, LARG*net will save time and
money for hospitals, medical residents and graduate students," said
London Centre MPP Marion Boyd. "Investing in projects like LARG*net is
important for the economic well-being of the province, creating jobs
for the future and putting Ontario back to work."

      Added Mr. Winninger: "For residents of London, this project
means heightened health care services. And by working in partnership
with the Ontario Government, the health care communities are
demonstrating their commitment to build on London's solid reputation
as an international centre for clinical care, research, teaching and
medical imaging."

      "LARG*net will be a key entry point to the information highway
for many Ontario organizations," said Mrs. Mathyssen. "At the same
time, this technology, with its great international export potential,
confirms the position of London as a centre for telecommunications
excellence and will serve to attract increasing amounts of high tech
investment to the London area."

      "LARG*net presents the collective expertise that London, Ontario
possess in terms of telecommunications, health care delivery and
education," said Dr. Trevor Cradduck, General Manager, LARG*net. "As
we respond to the fiscal constraints of the 1990s it is my belief that
LARG*net will provide a cohesive link between the health care and
educational institutions to facilitate their collaboration.

      "We are witnessing the dawn of the information revolution and it
is very exciting for those of us in London to be there at the
forefront. There is every reason to presume the leadership displayed
by London in this activity will attract high technology investment
from industries who will find the concept of a networked city very
valuable."

      Said Dr. Howard Rundle, Acting President, Fanshawe College:
"Fanshawe College is pleased to be part of this project to allow us to
access the usefulness of this technology in the educational process
with our health care students located in various hospitals. In the
longer range, we will be accessing its value in enhancing our distance
education programs."

      "LARG*net builds upon a strong existing partnership between Bell
Canada and the London medical community," said Robert Campbell, Vice
President of Network Operations in Bell Ontario. "This project
provides a valuable test bed for the ATM technology. The potential for
multimedia applications in the health care and education sectors is
significant.

      "Bell is working closely with the LARG*net community to develop
and expand the "Virtual Hospital" environment. The demands for these
types of applications are growing every day. It's exciting to be
involved in this one."

      An initiative under the Ministry of Economic Development and
Trade's Ontario Network Infrastructure Program (ONIP), LARG*net will
be established over the next four years at a total cost of $5.5
million and will become self-sufficient at the end of the third year.
The Ontario Government's contribution represents 40 per cent of the
total project cost.
      
      A jobsONTARIO Capital program, ONIP was announced in February,
1993 as an economic renewal initiative under the province's telecommun-
ications strategy, with a four-year commitment of $100 million.
      
      "Today's announcement is one of several initiatives we have
undertaken to promote the future growth of many sectors of the
economy, such as telecommunications and the health industry," added
Ms. Lankin. "We are working with various sectors to help them become
more competitive and create the high skill, long term jobs of the
future. We are doing this by bringing together key players from
industry, labour, government and public institutions to deal with key
issues.

      "The sector development approach spurs ideas into action and
underscores the international marketing potential of Ontario firms. It
boosts innovation, raises skill levels and increases technological
capabilities."

      Currently, the Ontario Government is working with more than
1,500 representatives from 20 sectors, including health care,
aerospace, computing, retail and telecommunications, to develop
strategies and implement recommendations to make each sector stronger.

   ---------------

Contacts: Lucy Rybka-Becker, Minister's Office
         (416) 325-6909
      
          John Cooper, Marketing & Public Affairs Branch
         (416) 325-6694 

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                           BACKGROUNDER
            LARG*net (LONDON AND REGION GLOBAL NETWORK)

~     LARG*net is a high speed telecommunications network that
      enables universities, colleges, teaching hospitals and research
      institutions to access and share a wide variety of medical
      resources, including teaching cases, patient care information
      and image processing.

~     LARG*net will build on London medical institutions as a global
      centre for excellence in medical imaging and health care
      delivery.

~     Total cost: $5.5 million.

~     Job creation: eight high-skill, long-term jobs in the first
      year of the project.

~     Ontario Government share: $2.163 million (40 per cent).

~     LARG*net is an unincorporated organization including membership
      from large teaching and research hospitals and institutions in
      London: Victoria Hospital, St. Joseph's Health Centre,
      University Hospital and the University of Western Ontario, the
      John P. Robarts Research Institute and Fanshawe College.

~     Over the life of the project, the network will be extended to
      other medical facilities in the region.

~     The LARG*net team members will partner with a number of vendor
      companies to obtain support, including Bell Ontario, Sun
      Microsystems and 3M. 

~     LARG*net will include three major activities:

      ~ developing a network;
      
      ~ testing telecommunications technologies over the network;

      ~ testing applications which use the information technologies
      effectively over a network.

~     LARG*net will develop a high speed Metropolitan Area Network in
      London to link the participating health care facilities and
      research institutions so that members can share information
      electronically.

~     A long-term goal of LARG*net will be to provide London-area
      businesses, health services, educational and other
      organizations with world class networking services.


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                           BACKGROUNDER
           ONTARIO NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM (ONIP)

BACKGROUND

~     In February 1993, the Ontario Government announced a
      comprehensive multi-year telecommunications strategy to promote
      Ontario's lead position as a place to live, work, learn, and do
      business through telecommunications.

~     Within this strategy, $100 million in funding was announced for
      the four-year Ontario Network Infrastructure program (ONIP).

~     A jobsOntario Capital program, ONIP focuses on long-term
      infrastructure investment to support the restructuring of the
      provincial economy.

~     ONIP invites applications from Ontario-based groups with
      established needs: users, information and telecommunication
      service providers, network service providers and public bodies.

~     ONIP has received more than 200 inquiries resulting in over 50
      initiatives under development. Approval has been made for 14
      projects with two additional projects currently under review.

ASSISTANCE

~     ONIP provides funds for feasibility studies and business plans
      up to 75 per cent of eligible costs up to a grant maximum of
      $75,000.

~     ONIP also provides network implementation project assistance:
      up to 50 per cent of eligible costs for implementation networks
      and services for up to three years.

PURPOSE

~     The purpose of ONIP is to accelerate long-term development and
      use of a modern, advanced information infrastructure. Its
      objectives include:

      ~ increasing access to an advanced information infrastructure
      through Ontario;

      ~ accelerating the development of high capacity, inter-operable
      networks;
      
      ~ stimulating development of network-related products and
      services, resulting in new business opportunities and increased
      exports;

      ~ increasing the number of network users with the knowledge and
      ability to obtain and use information;

      ~ leveraging increased investment in Ontario information
      infrastructure;

      ~ stimulating growth in Ontario expertise and knowledge in the
      development, management and operation of advanced networks.

~     The initial network priorities for ONIP include education and
      training, health care, community and advanced technology.

~     The Ontario Government's Council for an Ontario Information
      Infrastructure supports and promotes the provincial
      telecommunications strategy, including recommending ONIP
      priorities and reviewing ONIP applications.

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From: danielho@netcom.com (Daniel Ho)
Subject: CSPA Annual Conference - Software Superhighway 2000
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 20:32:44 GMT


         -------------------------------
         | 1994 CSPA Annual Conference |
         -------------------------------

              ----------------------------------------------------
              | "A Magical Tour Down Software Superhighway 2000" |
              ----------------------------------------------------

                               June 18, 1994
                            12:00 noon - 5:00 pm
                          Registration at 11:00 am
                            Santa Clara Marriott

                                  Fee:
                             CSPA member : $10
                           Non CSPA member : $15


    Speakers
    ========
                     Wei Yen, VP of Silicon Graphics
                 Sherman Ting, VP of Oracle Corporation
     Patrick Lanthier, Director of Public Policy & Technology of Pacific Bell
        Jay Marty Tenenbaum, CEO of Enterprise Integration Technologies
       Dr. H.K. Huang, UCSF Vice Chairman of Radiological Information Lab
                  Fred Greguras, Partner of Fenwick & West


                                 Topics
                                 ======
                   * Information Highway : Hype or Real?
                   * Architecture and Infrastructure of Superhighway
                   * Concerns and Strategies of the big players
                   * Business opportunities for software developers
                   * Demonstrations

                   * Door Prizes Drawings at 2:30pm and 4:30pm


* Members of AAMA, CBA, CINA, and Monte Jade eligible for a discounted entry
    fee of $10, and CSPA members who renew their '94 membership at the door
    receive a futher $5 discount off Member registration fee.

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From: casterli@csn.org (Leroy Casterline)
Subject: Automated Test Equipment Wanted
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 14:47:26 -0600
Organization: Cahill Casterline Limited
Reply-To: casterli@csn.org


I am looking for sources for automated test equipment for the
multi-line telecom products that we produce.  Ideally, the equipment
would be programmable from a PC via a serial connection, and would
provide battery, ring voltage, standard and user-definable
multi-frequency tones, DTMF generation and detection, the ability to
play voice files, and support 24 to 48 ports simultaneously.

I believe that such a system could be built from Dialogic (or other)
boards, but would like to avoid reinventing the wheel if at all
possible.

I'm just beginning to think about this area of our development, and am
open to any and all suggestions, and to equipment which does not meet
all of the above criteria.


Thanks,

Leroy

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From: gmerin@panix.com (Gary Merinstein)
Subject: Help Wanted With Intellepath ii
Date: 14 Jun 1994 23:23:43 -0400
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC


At my new employer we have an Intellepath ii Centrex phone system
(connected by RJ-45 plugs). I need to connect modems and answering
machines to this system. Do I need a special device to convert between
standard analog devices and this system or do I just need some custom
cable (with RJ-10 and RJ-45 jacks on opposing ends)?


gmm

gmerin@panix.com   mci:  489-6979   ci$ 74035,1232  

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From: stacy@sobeco.com (Stacy L. Millions)
Subject: Telecom Services in Chile
Organization: Sobeco Ernst & Young
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 11:47:49 GMT


Hello,

It would seem that I may soon have to come up with a method of
providing data connectivity between a company here in Canada and
another in Chile.  I have no idea what to expect to find in Chile in
terms of telecom services, or who would provide them. Can some one
shed some light on this for me?  Do you know of any commercial IP
providers in Chile?


stacy@sobeco.com  Stan Kelly-Bootle
stacy@sobeco.ca   sobeco!stacy

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From: weigl@sibelius.inria.fr (Konrad Weigl)
Subject: Where to Find Bid For Cellular Network Implementation?
Date: 15 Jun 1994 14:19:14 GMT
Organization: INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis (Fr)


Title says it all.

In which publication(s) would a national P.T.T. or other telecommunication 
agency publish an invitation to bid for the planning and implementation of 
a cellular phone network?

For example, if Ghana decided it wanted to have a cellular phone network, 
where would it publish an invitation to bid, in order to reach all the
companies worldwide that might be able to execute such a task?

Please answer by email, since I cannot read this newsgroup regularly.


Thanks in advance,

Konrad Weigl     Tel. +33 93 65 78 63
Projet Pastis    Tel. +33 93 74 72 12 (Home, answering machine)
INRIA            Fax  +33 93 65 76 43
B.P. 93          email weigl@sophia.inria.fr
06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex   France

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Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 11:38:49 -0700
From: whitmore@tahoma.cwu.edu (Rattlesnake Stu)
Subject: Questions About Scrambling
Organization: Central Washington University


Has anyone used scrambler/descrambler setups?  I'd like to know how
well they work.  Do they interfere with signal quality (could they be
used on a data line)?  Is the scrambled signal relatively easy for a
third party (shady competing business, Big Brother, etc.) on a wiretap
to descramble?  Are they based on accoustic input/output or in-line?

Just curious -- I have no need for such a device, but they do pique my
curiosity.  E-mailed replies will be summarized if appropriate.


Stuart Whitmore, whitmore@tahoma.cwu.edu

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From: ant@iaccess.za (Anthony Walker)
Subject: Looking For Information on E&M Tie Lines
Date: 15 Jun 1994 14:11:12 GMT
Organization: Internet Access public-access service


I am looking for information on E&M tie lines. Does a system exist
whereby I can hook up my E&M PABX via a data line to a remote
telephone line and use the remote line as if it were oin the PABX?

Failing that, does anyone have any more info on how the E&M standard
works?

Thanks, please reply in email,

 
robin@ilink.nis.za

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From: afcchip@aol.com (AFC Chip)
Subject: Seeking NJ Based Telco People
Date: 15 Jun 1994 15:08:05 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)


  Are there any NJ based telco people participating in this newsgroup,
like AT+T, Bell Labs, etc?  If so, could you please let me know here,
or email me?  


Thanks,

Chip

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From: rob.lesan@cccbbs.cincinnati.oh.us (Rob Lesan)
Subject: Help Needed With Wincomm Pro
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 94 21:59:00 -0500
Organization: Cincinnati Computer Connection - Cincinnati, OH - 513-752-1055
Reply-To: rob.lesan@cccbbs.cincinnati.oh.us (Rob Lesan)


Does anyone know of any neat programs for Wincomm Pro?  I don't have
access to Internet ftp so it would have to be on a BBS. I would
also need the phone number of the BBS.  


Thanks in advance,

Rob Lesan

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From: Urban Surfer <HOLDREGE@DCV4KD.PHS.COM>
Subject: Re: Pager on a Watch?
Reply-To: matt@phs.com
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 15:13:41 PST
Organization: Pacificare_Health_Systems


jcr@creator.nwest.mccaw.com (Jeffrey Rhodes) writes:

> Seiko is offering the Seiko Receptor. This is an alphanumeric pager
> that receives messages and time adjustments from a Stratum 1 atomic
> clock (every thirty minutes). FM subcarriers are used, so some
> messages get missed while in a tunnel or basement.

I asked Motorola about NTP for pagers and they gave a long explanation
about how they would have to redesign the transmission equipment and
have fancy schemes for clock drift. They didn't make it sound doable
in the near term.

I hope that Seiko can push Motorola and the paging services to offer
this.


Matt Holdrege          matt@phs.com        MH235

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From: rjones@chinook.halcyon.com (Ry Jones)
Subject: Re: Pager on a Watch?
Date: 16 Jun 1994 00:55:02 GMT
Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc.


I don't recall who offers it, but in 206 you can buy a pager watch (I
think it's a Casio) for like $140, with six months service. The
downside, as mentioned, is fragility. The watch is called the
Receptor. You get stock reports, etc, and it has the ability to get
pages. It's available at (I think) Mervyn's.

Our Esteemed Moderator noted:

> I think when you travel around the USA (or most of the world, if the
> radio signals go that far) you will still have to advance or retard
> your watch manually for the correct hour. If I stand corrected on
> this, let me know.  PAT]

Yes, perhaps true, but minutes and seconds would not work in the
Newfoundland time zone, with is 1/2 hour off. Check it on your NPA map
in your phone book; the clock over the diamond for Newfoundland it set
to 1/2 hour off.


rjones@halcyon.com

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From: Kim Prisk <WKS_KLP@ccnov1.auckland.ac.nz>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 03:37:17 GMT
Subject: Subject: Re: Pager on a Watch?
Organization: The University of Auckland


6/15/94 - Scott Coleman wrote:

> I once tried to track down the writwatch pager. It does exist, but
> none of the paging companies around here seems to want to carry 
> them ..."

I was wondering if this type of watch might also be useful for
lawyers?


Kim Prisk

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From: Mark Crispin <mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU>
Subject: Re: Pager on a Watch?
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 18:39:02 -0700
Organization: University of Washington


Seiko sells their Receptor watches in the Portland and Seattle metropolitan 
areas.  I'm not sure if they are offered in any other areas.  I have one.

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From: cogorno@netcom.com (Steve Cogorno)
Subject: Re: Forwarding and PacBell
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 19:29:17 PDT


Steve Cogorno said:

> We'll see.

TELECOM Digest Editor noted in response:

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well, two hours has passed. Heck, a full
> day has passed by the time this is in circulation on the net. Got any
> followup report for us?   PAT]

Call 5) Well, a call to 611 last night revealed that I didn't even have call
 forwarding at all; the Repair tech couldn't pull up the history file,
 so there was nothing she could do.  She said she would take care of
 it today.

Call 6) Called at 11:30, and they said "We re-placed the order when you
 called this morning.  It should be on now." I didn't call this
 morning.  We aren't sure who, but someone wrote an order at 9:48AM
 this morning -- I didn't request it, so we don't know who did.

Call 6.5) Then a 611 repair tech called and said "I am calling to
 see if we can't get your phone working for you.  Hold on a sec.
 No it isn't working.  Give me a few minutes."  Last I heard from
 him.

Call 7) Called at 3:30.  Still wasn't working.  The rep was very nice, and
 after re-explaining the WHOLE mess, she said "The order from 9:48
 this morning was written correctly.  I don't know why it hasn't been
 completed.  I'll check with installation ... it seems they were
 having a bit of trouble down there -- all of these orders [SC: I 
 think there were six total] were confusing them.  I have a system
 programmer working on it right now.  If it isn't working by 5,
 please call repair.

It is finally working.  When did Busy/No Answer forwarding get to be so
difficult? I'm just glad that I don't have THREE lines :-)


Steve   cogorno@netcom.com

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From: jwm@student.umass.edu (Jeffrey W. McKeough)
Subject: Re: Call Waiting
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 17:33:41 -0400
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst


In article <telecom14.283.16@eecs.nwu.edu>, Brett Frankenberger
<brettf@netcom.com> wrote:

> Depends on the switch ... Of the two major digital switches (DMS and
> 5ESS), one of the two (and I can't recall which one) allows you to
> dial through the stutter dial tone and the other does not ...

My line is on a 5ESS, and I am able to dial through the stutter dial
tone.  My modem refused to recognize the stutter tone as a dial tone,
but I fixed that by increasing the wait-for-tone-before-dialing
parameter from two to ten seconds.  No problem now.


Jeffrey W. McKeough   jwm@student.umass.edu

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From: wa2ise@netcom.com (Robert Casey)
Subject: Re: U.S. Postal Service and the Information Highway
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login:
guest)
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 23:51:47 GMT


TELECOM Digest Editor noted:

> There is a considerable amount of personal unhappieness among USPS
> employees over the entire country. What other organization has had
> three instances of employees turning into mass-murderers on the job
> and killing several co-workers on the spot, ie, Highland Park,
> Michigan a few years ago and Enid, Oklahoma a few years ago to name
> two examples?

A few years ago, a rather nasty incident happened in the Rigdewood, NJ
post office.  Another mass shooting, if memory serves.  Does the post
office figure, that out of (what) 100 thousand or so employees, you'll
get a few nuts who shoot up the place?  Maybe they consider it just
some random "noise" in the system?


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Actually, to hear Mr. Runyan discuss it,
USPS officials are quite concerned. You may have read about the latest
developments here in Chicago: On Tuesday they appointed an entirely new
crew at the very top. New postmaster, new operations manager, etc. We
shall see if things improve here as a result of the housecleaning.  PAT]

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