Goto Section: 68.211 | 68.214 | Table of Contents
FCC 68.213
Revised as of October 1, 2007
Goto Year:2006 |
2008
Sec. 68.213 Installation of other than “fully protected” non-system simple
customer premises wiring.
(a) Scope of this rule. Provisions of this rule apply only to
“unprotected” premises wiring used with simple installations of wiring for
up to four line residential and business telephone service. More complex
installations of wiring for multiple line services, for use with systems
such as PBX and key telephone systems, are controlled by Sec. 68.215 of these
rules.
(b) Wiring authorized. Unprotected premises wiring may be used to connect
units of terminal equipment or protective circuitry to one another, and to
carrier-installed facilities if installed in accordance with these rules.
The provider of wireline telecommunications is not responsible, except
pursuant to agreement between it and the customer or undertakings by it,
otherwise consistent with Commission requirements, for installation and
maintenance of wiring on the subscriber's side of the demarcation point,
including any wire or jacks that may have been installed by the carrier. The
subscriber and/or premises owner may install wiring on the subscriber's side
of the demarcation point, and may remove, reconfigure, and rearrange wiring
on that side of the demarcation point including wiring and wiring that may
have been installed by the carrier. The customer or premises owner may not
access carrier wiring and facilities on the carrier's side of the
demarcation point. Customers may not access the protector installed by the
provider of wireline telecommunications. All plugs and jacks used in
connection with inside wiring shall conform to the published technical
criteria of the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments. In
multiunit premises with more than one customer, the premises owner may adopt
a policy restricting a customer's access to wiring on the premises to only
that wiring located in the customer's individual unit wiring that serves
only that particular customer. See Sec. 68.105 in this part. The customer or
premises owner may not access carrier wiring and facilities on the carrier's
side of the demarcation point. Customers may not access the protector
installed by the provider of wireline telecommunications. All plugs and
jacks used in connection with inside wiring shall conform to the published
technical criteria of the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments.
(c) Material requirements. (1) For new installations and modifications to
existing installations, copper conductors shall be, at a minimum, solid, 24
gauge or larger, twisted pairs that comply with the electrical
specifications for Category 3, as defined in the ANSI EIA/TIA Building
Wiring Standards.
(2) Conductors shall have insulation with a 1500 Volt rms minimum breakdown
rating. This rating shall be established by covering the jacket or sheath
with at least 15 cm (6 inches) (measured linearly on the cable) of
conductive foil, and establishing a potential difference between the foil
and all of the individual conductors connected together, such potential
difference gradually increased over a 30 second time period to 1500 Volts
rms, 60 Hertz, then applied continuously for one minute. At no time during
this 90 second time interval shall the current between these points exceed
10 milliamperes peak.
(3) All wire and connectors meeting the requirements set forth in paragraphs
(c)(1) and (c)(2) shall be marked, in a manner visible to the consumer, with
the symbol “CAT 3” or a symbol consisting of a “C” with a “3” contained
within the “C” character, at intervals not to exceed one foot (12 inches)
along the length of the wire.
(d) Attestation. Manufacturers (or distributors or retailers, whichever name
appears on the packaging) of non-system telephone premises wire shall attest
in a letter to the Commission that the wire conforms with part 68, FCC
Rules.
[ 49 FR 21734 , May 23, 1984, as amended at 50 FR 29392 , July 19, 1985; 50 FR 47548 , Nov. 19, 1985; 51 FR 944 , Jan. 9, 1986; 55 FR 28630 , July 12, 1990;
58 FR 44907 , Aug. 25, 1993; 62 FR 36464 , July 8, 1997; 65 FR 4140 , Jan. 26,
2000; 66 FR 7583 , Jan. 24, 2001]
Goto Section: 68.211 | 68.214
Goto Year: 2006 |
2008
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