Question

Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) includes all devices connected to the PSTN, where the ownership and the responsibility for maintenance and repair of the device belongs to the customer and not to the telephone service provider.
A. True
B. False

Answer 1

Answer:

True.

Explanation:

Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) in telecommunications includes all devices connected to the public switched telephone network (PSTN), where the ownership and the responsibility for maintenance and repair of the device belongs to the customer and not to the telephone service provider.

The customer premises equipment (CPE) can either be an active or passive network equipment which are located in the premises of the customer.

Some typical examples of consumer premises equipment (CPE) are switches, routers, PABX systems, modem, telephone, set-top boxes etc. These devices are used to connect or enable customers to use the services being provided by the telecommunications company.

Hence, you note that they are the property of a customer and not belonging to the service provider. Thus, in the event of a downtime or in cases of maintenance the responsibility lies on the user.

However, a demarco can be used to distinguish between a customer premises equipment and equipments belongings to the telecommunications service provider.