- FTS2000
Federal Telecommunications System 2000 (FTS2000) is a long distance
telecommunications service for theUnited States federal government, including services such as switched voice service for voice ordata up to 4.8 kbit/s, switched data at 56 kbit/s and 64 kbit/s, switcheddigital integrated service for voice, data, image, andvideo up to 1.544 Mbit/s, packet switched service for data in packet form, video transmission for both compressed andwideband video, and dedicated point-to-pointprivate 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 orcustomer 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 aterminal 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 maximumsecurity .FTS2000 was completed in 2000, and was replaced byFTS2001 .References
*FTS2000 was completed in 2000, and was replaced by
FTS2001 .
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