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Author: Kevin Brown
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Subject: T1 access for Linux site
> Sorry if this is off topic but it seemed like a good place to ask.When a
> T1 is ordered from Qwest and they terminate at the dmarc pint with what
> they call is a smart jack iS a CSU/DSU still required or is what they
> are providing now a CSU/DSU? Can that be used as a CSU/DSU and a
> CSU/DSU is no longer needed to be provided by the customer? I tried
> looking on qwest site but I could not locate the answer to my
> question.All data communications line whether they are actually order
> from MCI or AOL Time Warner are all actually installed by Qwest and
> locally maintained is that also correct?


A CSU/DSU is still needed for those lines. Qwest will maintain the line up to
the Demarc point, you or some other party are responsible for the connection
beyond the demarc.