Telecommunications

Telecommunications support services provide billing reports to accounting. Each person with a long-distance authorization code is charged for long distance calls. The billing system keeps track of time called, destination, time spent on calls, extension, account number and customer profile. Management reports consist of long distance by authorization code, long distance by account, phone extension charges by account and phone extension charges by extension. Authorization codes are enabled in the switch prior to use and can be disabled immediately upon notification should security of the code be compromised.

Last year, the college purchased a FUJITSU F9600 Multimedia Platform PBX switch with the capacity to provide a seamless migration path for customers with as few as 40 lines or as many as 9,600 lines. The architecture of the system is designed to take advantage of current and future Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) services, as well as wideband capabilities. Fujitsu ISDN Private Networking (FIPN) turns standard T-1 trunks into Primary Rate Interface (PRI) connections to offer network transparency and enhanced network features. Since 1989, the F9600 has offered PRI compatibility with inter-exchange carrier services, and in mid-1994 introduced station-side PRI resources, which support H0 switched-384 Kbps data connections for high quality video services. Station-side Basic Rate Interface (BRI) was added to the F9600 in 1991 for telecommuting and at-home agent applications. In late 1995, Non-Facility Associated Signaling (NFAS) capabilities were introduced to allow networked F9600s with multiple ISDN PRI facilities to share one D-channel. The F9600 capitalizes on NFAS to support switched 1.544 Mbps (H11) channel capabilities in high-speed data networking applications.