Thursday, December 20, 2018

Is it legal to have an alarm on an external accessed, utility keyed MPOE/DEMARC room of a commercial multi-tenant building?

During a late night troubleshooting session of an AT&T metro fiber circuit I entered the MPOE/DEMARC room to diagnose a cable segment and fiber switch port. The door was alarmed and the building owner (via super) is making a huge stink over it. It’s an externally accessed door, utility keyed, location of all fiber, POTS MPOE. Is it supposed to be alarmed? Is it legal to alarm it? There’s no access to other parts of the building interior from the MPOE room.

Am I the idiot or is the building owner overstepping?



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