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This category has way too many articles in its top level. I have listed it at Category:Wikipedia categories in need of attention --the wub (talk) 11:20, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, many of them are not articles. They are dictionary items taken from Federal Standard 1037C. I've applied the {{move to Wiktionary}} tag to them. Time permitting I'll collect them up and m:transwiki them. --RSaunders 20:04, 18 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Look carefully before you move them. In many cases, those dictionary definitions would be a good base for an encyclopedia article. There are many important optics and telecomm concepts that are not yet well explained here. --Srleffler 05:04, 19 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Can these articles be narrowed into the existing or new subcategories? (e.g.: audio, video, data; or, analog and digital). The Category:Telecommunications terms is getting full too. -- Dogears 08:37, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm very leary to edit a page this big, even though it is a topic I am passonate about, and fluent in. I can tell ya right now from just browsing the "catagories" that most of them are related to Fiber-Optic, and some don't even deserve to be here. RSaunders is right, this is turning into a dictonary. Most of the offending links should be moved inside the Fiber Optic article, if not killed outright. This will confuse the hell out of people just visting the page for basic information. Ghostalker 07:25, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I checked a couple of articles at random (Demand factor, Ground constants, Decoder) and it seemed to me they belonged in other areas; Demand factor and Ground constants being electric power, while Decoder probably belongs in electronics components. I have a nasty feeling that many definitions were imported wholesale, without investigating whether these items were already covered in relevant articles (but that's just speculation at this point). Gerry Ashton 04:19, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, a US Government telecommunications dictionary was imported wholesale and only lightly wikified. These pages in many cases are viable stubs once they are rephrased slightly. See Wikipedia:Federal Standard 1037C terms for a more organized approach to editing this material. (Also see discussion at Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Federal Standard 1037C clean up) All help is welcome.--Srleffler 04:11, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category - Telecommunications companies

Hi, should this sub-category be created? --McTrixie 08:14, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I found the category. Why is it not in this category? --McTrixie 08:19, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hardware Information Navigational Tool (HINT)

The Hardware Information Navigational Tool, or HINT, is an information web service developed by the former AG Communications Systems (now Alcatel-Lucent) which displays hardware and software characteristics of a central office switching system. It displays the hardware equipment as it is positioned in the central office and it shows how this equipment is being used. Whatever your purpose and whatever your skill level, HINT is useful information that’s just a mouse click away. It’s quick and simple to navigate, starting with an interactive map, selecting the applicable states/provinces or country, then select the switching system, and then finally the module, circuit pack, and circuit. The statistical reports allow customers to maintain a watch on their resources. It is also useful for engineering and the daunting task of assigning all of the various telephony services. In this time where telecom customers are losing expertise to attrition and redirecting resources to other technologies, HINT has become invaluable.

All central offices telephone exchanges are unique, whereby each one is different to provide for the needs of the subscriber. Because of this, there exists a dynamic difference between one central office to another due to capacity, provided features, and hardware vintages. HINT started out as a valuable internal resource used by GTD-5 EAX Engineering Services, Remote Technical Assistance, and Sales Support. It was created with the intent to accurately view a customer’s unique hardware configuration without physically being present at the site. Deciphering the switch’s own Office Dependent Data (ODD), it provided switching system hardware images that were accurate and up-to-date. Through internal feedback and subsequent modifications, it evolved into a tool that was viable enough to be offered as a product and sought after by customers.

Due to the similarities between the GTD-5 EAX and the 5ESS product lines, numerous requests were made by HINT users to develop and expand the scope of HINT so that it includes the 5ESS switching system. After hearing the same request for several years and realizing the revenue potential of adding the 5ESS, we expanded HINT to include the 5ESS switch type, providing the same features, look, and feel that has made the GTD-5 EAX version so popular.

Presently, over 90% of the GTD-5 EAX switching systems are being supported and maintained by the customer using HINT. These are customers that have been using the tool for several years who purchase the service as a yearly subscription that opens the tool to annual scrutiny and review. The customer has and is developing home-grown tools that may perform the same function. Because of this, we are continuously upgrading and adding new features to excite interest and retain our customer base. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hodet (talk • contribs) 20:49, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]