I'm a Network System Tech and I have part of a system that
is 18 yrs old and I still find DC's cut in wrong when running
line problems!!! Its a real pain in the ass!!!
Later,
> I just had my Director of Engineering come and inform me that from now on I am no longer supposed to use any DC's in the design I do. His reason was and I quote" I want this done this way because every time I send a splicer out to splice and he comes to a dc, he always splices the cables to the wrong leg on the dc. My question to him was wouldn't it be better to train the splicers how to read a map. He told me that this was becomming more of an industry standard. This is the reason of the shorter cascades. To eliminate the use of dc's. It has nothing to do with bandwith, distortions or any other valid reason. Except to keep his splicers from screwing up.
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> Is this standard procedure with any other companies out there?
