FTS2000
Encyclopedia
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 kbit/s, switched data at 56 kbit/s and 64 kbit/s, switched digital
integrated service for voice, data, image, and video
up to 1.544 Mbit/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 security
.
FTS2000 was completed in 2000, and was replaced by FTS2001.
Telecommunications service
In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings:1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider....
for the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
federal government, including services such as switched voice service for voice or data
Data
The term data refers to qualitative or quantitative attributes of a variable or set of variables. Data are typically the results of measurements and can be the basis of graphs, images, or observations of a set of variables. Data are often viewed as the lowest level of abstraction from which...
up to 4.8 kbit/s, switched data at 56 kbit/s and 64 kbit/s, switched digital
Digital
A digital system is a data technology that uses discrete values. By contrast, non-digital systems use a continuous range of values to represent information...
integrated service for voice, data, image, and video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
up to 1.544 Mbit/s, packet switched service for data in packet form, video transmission
Transmission (telecommunications)
Transmission, in telecommunications, is the process of sending, propagating and receiving an analogue or digital information signal over a physical point-to-point or point-to-multipoint transmission medium, either wired, optical fiber or wireless...
for both compressed and wideband
Wideband
In communications, wideband is a relative term used to describe a wide range of frequencies in a spectrum. A system is typically described as wideband if the message bandwidth significantly exceeds the channel's coherence bandwidth....
video, and dedicated point-to-point private line
Private line
In wired telephony, a private line or tie line is a service that involves dedicated circuits, private switching arrangements, and/or predefined transmission paths, whether virtual or physical, which provide communications between specific locations. Most private lines connect only two locations...
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
Information
Information in its most restricted technical sense is a message or collection of messages that consists of an ordered sequence of symbols, or it is the meaning that can be interpreted from such a message or collection of messages. Information can be recorded or transmitted. It can be recorded as...
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
Terminal equipment
In telecommunication, the term terminal equipment has the following meanings:* Communications equipment at either end of a communications link, used to permit the stations involved to accomplish the mission for which the link was established....
interface
Network interface device
In telecommunications, a Network Interface Device is a device that serves as the demarcation point between the carrier's local loop and the customer's premises wiring....
. For example, the FTS2000 contractor might provide a terminal adapter
Terminal adapter
- ISDN :In ISDN terminology, a terminal adapter or TA is a device that connects a terminal to the ISDN network.The TA therefore fulfills a similar function to the ones a modem has on the POTS network, and is therefore sometimes called an ISDN modem...
to an agency location in order to connect FTS2000 ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
Integrated Services Digital Network is a set of communications standards for simultaneous digital transmission of voice, video, data, and other network services over the traditional circuits of the public switched telephone network...
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 security
Security
Security is the degree of protection against danger, damage, loss, and crime. Security as a form of protection are structures and processes that provide or improve security as a condition. The Institute for Security and Open Methodologies in the OSSTMM 3 defines security as "a form of protection...
.
FTS2000 was completed in 2000, and was replaced by FTS2001.