Chapters 1 through 7, NEC, supplement and modify the
requirements of chapter 8, NEC. If there are specific requirements or
exceptions described in chapter 8, NEC, that are different from those in
chapters 1 through 7, NEC, chapter 8 will prevail.
001 Installation.
(1) All telecommunications installations on
an end-user's property, beyond the end-user's telecommunications network
demarcation point, made by a telecommunications service provider, both inside
and outside of a building or structure, must conform to all licensing,
certification, installation, permitting, and inspection requirements described
in chapter 19.28 RCW and this chapter.
(2) Telecommunications service providers
including its subcontractors and agents must install and maintain points of
demarcation in conformance with Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.), Title 47,
Chapter 1, Part 68, Subpart B, Sec. 68.105 and may not place a point of
demarcation further than 12 inches within an end-user's occupied
space.
(3) The telecommunications
service provider must identify the telecommunications network demarcation
point(s) with an
identification plate or label having:
(a) The provider's name;
(b) Customer/enduser's name; and
(c) If a CWSTP is used, the option type
used.
(4) The C.F.R.
prescribes that telecommunications service providers must choose either a MPOE
(minimum point of entry) or CWSTP (cable wire service termination policy) which
regulates where demarcations are placed within a multitenant
environment.
(5) A
telecommunications service provider, including its subcontractors and agents
provisioning service for a second provider who is not the end-user of the
service, must place the point of demarcation no further than 12 inches from the
nearest POP (point of presence), of the serving provider, to the eventual
end-user.
(6) Telecommunications
service providers must designate each building that they provide services to
with labeling at the terminating point(s) of their facilities indicating:
(a) Whether the building is under a MPOE
policy; or
(b) Which option of a
CWSTP is in effect.
(7)
The CWSTP options for demarcation placement are as follows:
(a) All telecommunications service provider
facilities will terminate at one location, mutually agreed upon by the provider
and the building owner or designee, upon entry into the building, normally at
the lowest common serving point. All demarcations will be placed no more than
12 inches from this point. The building owner and/or tenants will provide,
manage and maintain building wire and cable placed beyond this demarcation
point location.
(b) The
telecommunications service provider's facilities will terminate at common
locations, mutually agreed upon by the provider and the building owner or
designee, throughout the building (terminal rooms, utility closets, etc.). The
telecommunications service provider will provide, manage and maintain the
building cable and registration jacks that denote the demarcation points. The
demarcation points will be placed at these locations and will be accessible to
end-users at these locations. This (b) is not an option for single tenant
buildings.
(c) The
telecommunications service provider will terminate facilities and place
demarcations at locations, mutually agreed upon by the provider and the
building owner or designee, within the individually occupied units, within 12
inches or a similarly reasonable distance of cable/wire entry. The provider
will provide, manage and maintain the building cable, network terminating wire
and registration jacks that denote the demarcation point. This (c) is not an
option for single tenant buildings.
(d) All telecommunications service provider
facilities and demarcations will terminate at one location on the property,
mutually agreed upon by the provider and the building owner or designee. The
building owner and/or tenants will provide, manage and maintain building wire
and cable placed beyond the demarcation point location.
(8) The telecommunications installer must
confer with the telecommunications provider when determining the point of
demarcation.
002 Definitions.
(9)
"CWSTP (cable, wire and service
termination policy)" is the policy of the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) and the Washington utilities and transportation commission
(WUTC) prescribed by tariff that governs negotiations between building owners
and telecommunications service providers regarding the configuration of POP(s)
and demarcation point(s) in multitenant buildings when a MPOE policy is not
elected by the telecommunications service provider.
(10)
"MPOE (minimum point of
entry)" is a building wiring policy of the FCC and WUTC for multitenant
environment locations that can be elected by telecommunications service
providers. It prescribes that the telecommunications service provider will
provide a single POP for access to its network and is located either at the
closest practicable point to where a telecommunications service provider's
facilities (fiber, coax, or copper) cross a property line or at the closest
practicable point to where the wiring enters a multiunit building or buildings.
All demarcations provided for customers and end-users by the provider will be
placed within 12 inches of that POP.
(11)
"POP (point-of-presence),"
also called a "POT (point-of-termination)," is a designated point
at or near a customer premise at which a telecommunications service provider's
facilities for the provision of access service ends. This can be a fiber, coax,
or copper connection point. Depending on the telecommunications service
provider's CWSTP with the individual building owner, demarcations may be
established at the POP or at other designated locations. When the customer of a
telecommunications service provider is another carrier, the demarcation will be
at the closest POP to the end-user. A telecommunications service provider may
have multiple POPs within a multiple tenant environment.
