Affidavit Requirements for Connection to Digital Services
•An affidavit is required to be given to the telephone company whenever digital terminal equipment without encoded analog content and billing protection is used to transmit digital signals contain- ing encoded analog content which are intended for eventual conversion into voiceband analog sig- nals and transmitted on the network.
•The affidavit shall affirm that either no encoded analog content or billing information is being transmitted or that the output of the device meets Part 68 encoded analog content or billing protec- tion specifications.
•End user/customer will be responsible for filing an affidavit with the local exchange carrier when connecting unprotected customer premise equipment (CPE) to 1.544 Mbps or subrate digital ser- vices.
•Until such time as subrate digital terminal equipment is registered for voice applications, the affi- davit requirement for subrate services is waived.
Affidavit for Connection of Customer Premises Equipment
to 1.544 Mbps and/or Subrate Digital Services
For the work to be performed in the certified territory of ________________________(telco name)
State of ________________
County of ________________
I, _____________________________ (name), __________________________________(business address),
____________________ (telephone number) being duly sworn, state:
I have responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the terminal equipment to be connected to 1.544 Mbps and/or ________ subrate digital services. The terminal equipment to be connected com-
plies with Part 68 of the FCC rules except for the encoded analog content and billing protection speci- fications. With respect to encoded analog content and billing protection:
( ) I attest that all operations associated with the establishment, maintenance, and adjustment of the digital CPE with respect to analog content and encoded billing protection information continu- ously complies with Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations.
( ) The digital CPE does not transmit digital signals containing encoded analog content or billing information which is intended to be decoded within the telecommunications network.
( ) The encoded analog content and billing protection is factory set and is not under the control of the customer.
I attest that the operator(s)/maintainer(s) of the digital CPE responsible for the establishment, mainte- nance, and adjustment of the encoded analog content and billing information has (have) been trained to perform these functions by successfully having completed one of the following (check appropriate blocks):
( ) A. A training course provided by the manufacturer/grantee of the equipment used to encode analog signals; or
( ) B. A training course provided by the customer or authorized representative, using training mate- rials and instructions provided by the manufacturer/grantee of the equipment used to encode analog signals; or
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