Sec. 68.104  Means of connection.

    (a) General. Any jack installed by the telephone company at, or 
constituting, the demarcation point shall conform to subpart F of this 
part. Subject to the requirements of Sec. 68.213, connection of wiring 
and terminal equipment to the telephone network may be made through a 
jack conforming to subpart F or by direct attachment to carrier-
installed wiring including, but not limited to, splicing, bridging, 
twisting and soldering. Telephone company-provided ringers may be 
connected to the network in accordance with the carrier's reasonable and 
nondiscriminatory standard operating practices. Connection to the 
network of wiring subject to Sec. 68.215 and terminal equipment used 
therewith shall be through telephone company-provided jacks conforming 
to subpart F of this part, in such a manner as to allow for easy and 
immediate disconnection.
    (b) Data equipment. Where a customer desires to connect data 
equipment which has been registered in accordance with 
Sec. 68.308(b)(4)(i) or (ii), he shall notify the telephone company of 
each telephone line to which he intends to connect such equipment. The 
telephone company after determining the attenuation of each such 
telephone line between the interface and the telephone company central 
office, will make such connections as are necessary in each standard 
data jack which it will install, so as to allow the maximum signal power 
delivered by such data equipment to the telephone company central office 
to reach but not exceed the maximum allowable signal power permitted at 
the telephone company central office.
    (c) Tariff description. As an alternative to description in subpart 
F of these rules, connections to the telephone network may be made 
through standard plugs and standard telephone company-provided jacks or 
equivalent described in nationwide telephone tariffs: Provided, That 
these means of connection otherwise comply with paragraphs (a) and (b) 
of this section.

[ 45 FR 20853 , Mar. 31, 1980, as amended at  55 FR 28630 , July 12, 1990; 
 61 FR 42392 , Aug. 15, 1996;  61 FR 47434 , Sept. 9, 1996]