Proposal talk:Telecom distribution points

Definition and identification of this feature?

The page says this is for mapping a "piece of equipment allowing to connect individuals and households to telecom local loops. They are often installed in the street, basements or on top of poles." That's a vague definition, though perhaps I do not know enough about telecom local loops. But the linked page (722-12-19) has a different definition for distribution point: "the final point in the local line network from which pairs are run to individual subscribers's premises". I"m not sure what a "pair" is here. Please improve the definition so that a non-expert on the subject should be able to understand when to use this tag, and more importantly, when they should not use this tag. Like, is this for any sort of box or device that some cable comes into which isn't an electricity power line? Is there just one of these on an apartment building, or one for each apartment? What about office buildings? --Jeisenbe (talk) 06:30, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

A pair is usually nothing else than two wires. --Nospam2005 (talk) 10:43, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

The page has been updated carefully in regard of existing votes. This tag is for telecom connections only with appropriate directions to distinguish them form power networks (with different symbols).

Such boxes gather several house connections and connect them to a single big cable coming from the network. Office buildings usually have dedicated connection_points without distribution points. Fanfouer (talk) 18:15, 10 December 2019 (UTC)