Methods and systems for proactively maintaining a telephone system local
loop. One embodiment includes communicating with a communications network
and acquiring information associated with pressure or flow sensors along
fiber optic cables. Proactive maintenance of the fiber optic cables is
predicted using the information associated with pressure or flow sensors.
The embodiment may further include generating and dispatching work order
information describing the predicted proactive maintenance. The
embodiment may also include predicting proactive maintenance of telephone
lines using information from a Dynamic Network Analyzer and using
information from a Loop Facilities and Control System. Another embodiment
includes a system for predicting proactive maintenance of a telephone
system local loop. This embodiment includes a Pressure Alarms and Reports
System Module, a database stored in memory, and a processor. The Pressure
Alarms and Reports System Module communicates with a communications
network and acquires at least one of i) pressure information associated
with fiber optic cables and ii) flow information associated with fiber
optic cables. The database stores the acquired information. The processor
processes information stored in the database and generates predicted
proactive maintenance.