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Federal Telecommunications System 2000 (FTS2000) is a long distance telecommunications service for the United States federal government, including services such as switched voice service for voice or data up to 4.8 kb/s, switched data at 56 kb/s and 64 kb/s, switched digital integrated service for voice, data, image, and video up to 1.544 Mb/s, packet switched service for data in packet form, video transmission for both compressed and wideband video, and dedicated point-to-point private line for voice and data.

Note 1: Use of FTS2000 contract services is mandatory for use by U.S. Government agencies for all acquisitions subject to 40 U.S.C. 759.

Note 2: No U.S. Government information processing equipment or customer premises equipment other than that which are required to provide an FTS2000 service are furnished.

Note 3: The FTS2000 contractors will be required to provide service directly to an agency's terminal equipment interface. For example, the FTS2000 contractor might provide a terminal adapter to an agency location in order to connect FTS2000 ISDN services to the agency's terminal equipment.

Note 4: GSA awarded two 10-year, fixed-price contracts covering FTS2000 services on December 7, 1988.

Note 5: The Warner Amendment excludes the mandatory use of FTS2000 in instances related to maximum securitySecurity is being free from danger. In absolute sense this is hardly possible, it is a relative matter. The term can be used with reference to crime, accidents of all kinds, etc. Note that Security should not be confused with Safety. In some languages (e..

Source: from Federal Standard 1037CFederal Standard 1037C entitled Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms is a U. Federal Standard, issued by the General Services Administration pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. This docu and from the Federal Information Resources Management Regulation Title 41 CFR Chapter 201

FTS2000 was completed in 2000, and was replaced by FTS2001 .



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