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<div>2013/11/21 Malcolm Herring <span dir="ltr"><<a
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No. Central Office (North American term) or
[telephone]exchange (UK/Ireland term) usually implies the
location of a switch as well as the MDF and line
terminations.<br>
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So in tagging tagging telecom network infrastructure, you
need to know what equipment is present within a structure.<br>
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<div>Ok for the central office <=> PSTN switch
association.<br>
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May we introduce telecom=connection_node for building where
only lines are terminating without any switch inside ?<br>
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telecom=central_office will still stand for building hosting
PSTN switch.<br>
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No. "Lines terminating without a switch inside" is in English (at
least in the language of the former monopoly provider) a "Cabinet".<br>
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Likewise if you want to use the correct English term for what you're
calling "Central Office" or "MDF", use "Telephone Exchange". I've
never heard the description "Central Office" before - presumably
it's American only.<br>
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"Joint" is also used for servicable things outside the exchange that
aren't cabinets.<br>
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Someone asked a very similar question to this in an Australian
context a year or so ago (probably also on this list or the help
site). It's worth having a search for that to find the previous
answers.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Andy<br>
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