R

rates, flat versus tiered, 98–102

RBOCs (Regional Bell Operating Company), 11

Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP)

controlling for bandwidth conservation, 319

VoIP calls and, 312–313

Reason for Outage (RFO), understanding, 329

rebooting, troubleshooting by, 272–274

recording, troubleshooting aberrant, 226

redundancy, local and long-distance networks outages and, 10

refurbished systems, purchasing, 28

Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOCs), 11

remote made busy (RMB) state, 269–270

residential lines, changing long-distance carriers with, 121–127

RespOrg

becoming own, 77–79, 80

dealing with Departments, 167

negotiating hot cut without, 191–192

toll-free service and, 67

validating, 252–253

validating dedicated, 289–290

RespOrg LOA (Letter of Authorization)

migrating toll-free numbers and, 169–171

processing of, 172

rejection of, 173–174

RFO (Reason for Outage), understanding, 329

ring-to numbers

checking by dialing locally, 247–248

checking by dialing over different long-distance carrier, 250–252

checking by dialing through long-distance carrier, 249– 250

toll-free numbers and, 66–67, 178

validating, 252–253

RJ-45 jack, looping to, 281–283

RJ-45-connectors, making male loopback plugs and, 343

RMB (remote made busy) state, 269–270

rogue RTPs, 314

routing, understanding, 222

RTP (Real-Time Transport Protocol)

controlling for bandwidth conservation, 319

VoIP calls and, 312–313