Abstract: Techniques for establishing a connection with a calling party and a called party using the processing of an intermediary serving arrangement so as to minimize telephone costs and preserve privacy. During a first established telephony connection, the intermediary arrangement stores two telephone numbers as remotely provided by the calling party. The calling party and serving arrangement are connected during a second established connection using the first telephone number. The called party and serving arrangement are connected during a third established connection using the second telephone number. Upon successfully establishing the second and third connections, the calling party and called party are bridged for conversation.

Abstract: A low frequency telecommunication digital network interface patch panel 10 is described having the capability of terminating and providing front access to one-hundred-sixty-eight low frequency network elements 12 and 14 that generate low frequency signals between 1 and 3 Mbps. The panel has a housing with twenty-one adjacent modules; each module being one inch in width and having an upper set of wire-wrap pins 38 and a lower set of wire-wrap pins 40 that are spaced at one-quarter inch on center from each other. The pins 38, 40 are arranged in upper columns and lower columns that are vertically aligned with each other. The pins 38, 40 extend forward from a printed circuit board 60 through front module members 62 to ends 54 and rearward through rear module member 64 to wire-wrap terminal ends 56. The ends 56 are adapted for permanent termination with twisted wire pairs of the network elements. The forward front ends 64 are adapted to receive a female access plug 120 having four wire-wrap pin cavities 126.