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Author Re: Telephone NID (network interface device) Box On Outside Of House Question ?
John Gilmer

2007-04-30, 5:25 pm


> This is just a guess. I have two boxes on my house. The larger one, the
> NID, terminates the telco drop and provides an RJ-11 test point. Further
> back, toward the telco, there is a smaller box (or terminal block) that
> contains two surge suppressers and the point which is connected to the
> premises ground.

You "smaller box" is a legacy device. It's function should be
incorporated into a modern NID.


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