martinyoung

The problem is that these rules are being written by people that are Business Adminstration graduates not telecom people. On paper it looks like a good idea and it does not bother them because they don't have to come in at midnight to do the work. These rules usually get their start because someone, somewhere, broke something in making a change.

I used to work for an Avaya Business Partner that does work for a very large retail store that I won't name, but it starts with "W". That company will not allow you to plug in a station circuit pack until after 9PM. I had a job to convert an Avaya single port network cabinet to a two port network cabinet. It was a simple job but I had to write up a detailed description of everything I was going to do including every command verbatim. This needed to be approved by "W" and once it was approved, I could not deviate from the script. I had to start after 9PM and if for any reason I could not finish (even if it was their fault), I had to remove everything that I installed including carriers, cables, wall field, fiber patch cords. Everything.

Rules are being written for the sake of having a rule. I don't think it will get better in the time I still have to work. At least the company I work for now is reasonably intelligent about this.

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Marty
Retired Avaya DSIC tech