ISP Jargon Buster Home Internet and Telephone Access

Some people will understandably find themselves confused by the terminology ISP's use to describe their systems and services. To that end we have started this Jargon/FAQ busting section, which lists some of the most common terms and describes what they mean. Please feel free to suggest additions via the editor e-mail on our 'Contact' page.

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 Articles in Category Internet and Telephone Access
  21CN - 21st Century Network (921 views)
  3G - Third Generation (895 views)
  4G - Fourth Generation (3839 views)
  Backbone Network (688 views)
  Bits (1403 views)
  Bluetooth (699 views)
  Broadband (985 views)
  Bytes (790 views)
  Cap - Capping (760 views)
  CBC - Capacity Based Charging (880 views)
  Contention Ratio (1020 views)
  Dialup (699 views)
  DLE - Digital Local Exchange (965 views)
  DSL - Digital Subscriber Line (1389 views)
  DSLAM - Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (995 views)
  Ethernet (1008 views)
  Exchange - Telephone Exchange (710 views)
  FRIACO - Flat Rate Internet Access Call Origination (674 views)
  FTTx - Fibre To The Home / Premises / Cabinet (1059 views)
  FUP - Fair Usage Policy (733 views)
  Gbps - Gigabits Per Second (737 views)
  Hotspot - Wireless Hotspots (1098 views)
  HSPA - High Speed Packet Access (731 views)
  IrDA - Infrared Data Association (673 views)
  ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network (636 views)
  ISP - Internet Service Provider (1232 views)
  Kbps - Kilobits Per Second (761 views)
  LAN - Local Area Network (2241 views)
  LCR - Local Call Rate (720 views)
  Leased Line (1793 views)
  LLU - Local Loop Unbundling (14266 views)
  LTE - Long Term Evolution (695 views)
  MAC - Migration Authorisation Code (782 views)
  Mbps - Megabits Per Second (784 views)
  Metered (746 views)
  MSAN - Multi-Service Access Node (2372 views)
  Narrowband (721 views)
  NCR - National Call Rate (666 views)
  NGA - Next Generation Access (695 views)
  PAYG - Pay as you go (628 views)
  POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service (861 views)
  Powerline (979 views)
  PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network (1080 views)
  Satellite (741 views)
  TPON - Telephone Passive Optical Network (954 views)
  Unmetered (698 views)
  UWB - Ultrawideband (692 views)
  v90 - v92 (639 views)
  vISP - Virtual Internet Service Provider (573 views)
  WAN - Wide Area Network (1055 views)
  Wi-Fi - Wireless Fidelity - 802.11 (1019 views)
  WiMAX - 802.16 (712 views)
  Wireless (857 views)
  WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network (922 views)
 

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