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This set of Frequently Asked Questions, as well as U-Verse service in general, can use a lot of Acronyms. So here is a list to try to keep them straight

A:
ADSL2+: Assymetric Digital Subscriber Line version 2+ »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.992.5
ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As ··· fer_Mode

B:
BAN: (U-Verse) Billing Account Number; 9 digits in length
BBU: Battery Backup Unit
BPON: Broadband Passive Optical Network »AT&T U-Verse FAQ »What is BPON or GPON (xPON)?
Bridge Tap: »DSL FAQ »Bridge Tap?

C:
CAT 3: Category 3 Cable »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca ··· _3_cable
CAT 5(e): Category 5 (enhanced) Cable »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca ··· _5_cable
CAT 6: Category 6 Cable »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_6
CPE: Customer Premise Equipment »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cu ··· quipment

D:
DEMARC: Demarcation »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De ··· on_point
DSLAM: Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Di ··· tiplexer
DVR: Digital Video Recorder »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Di ··· recorder

F:
F1: First Telco Facility - a copper phone pair or fiber leaving the CO typically to a SAI (sometimes directly to a Premise)
F2: Second Telco Facility - a copper phone pair or fiber leaving a SAI typically to a Terminal/Pedestal/Demarc
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
FST: Fiber Splice Terminal - Serving Terminal on FTTP, where Service Drop connects to AT&T's Plant/Network
FTTC: Fiber to the Curb
FTTN: Fiber to the Node/Neighborhood
FTTP: Fiber to the Premise
FTTx: Fiber to the (generic) »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fi ··· to_the_x

G:
GPON: Gigabit Passive Optical Network »AT&T U-Verse FAQ »What is BPON or GPON (xPON)?

H:
HPNA: Home Phoneline Networking Alliance »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HomePNA

I:
iNID: Intelligent Network Interface Device
IP: Internet Protocal
IPDSLAM: Internet Protocol Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
IPTV: Internet Protocol Television
IRAD: Interent/IPDSLAM Ready Access Device
IT: Inside Terminal »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De ··· on_point
IW: Inside Wiring

K:
kbps: kilobits per second »DSL FAQ »KBPS (Kilobits Per Second) ?
kB/s: kilobytes per second »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da ··· te_units

M:
Mbps: Megabits per second »DSL FAQ »Mbps ?
MB/s: Megabytes per second »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da ··· te_units
MDU: Multiple Dwelling Units »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu ··· idential
MPoE: Main Point of Entry »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De ··· on_point

N:
NID: Network Interface Device »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ne ··· e_device

O:
OLT: Optical Line Terminal »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op ··· mination
ONT: Optical Network Terminal »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ne ··· e_device

P:
PFP: Primary Flexibility Point - FTTP version of the SAI/Crossbox
POTS: Plain Old Telephone Service »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pl ··· _service
PTM: Packet Transfer Mode

Q:
QoS: Quality of Service »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qu ··· _service

R:
RG: Residential Gateway »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re ··· _gateway
RT: Remote Terminal - Basically, a generic term for a Field Deployed DSLAM, be it in a CEV/underground vault, or an above ground cabinet aka a VRAD/IRAD

S:
SAI: Serving Area Interface, also known as SAC, Crossbox, B-Box, X-Box »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se ··· nterface
SFU: Single Family Unit
STB: Set Top Box »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se ··· -top_box
STP: Shielded Twisted Pair »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tw ··· ted_pair

T:
TB: TeraByte - 1000 Gigabyets

U:
UTP: Unshielded Twisted Pair »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tw ··· ted_pair

V:
VDSL2: Very high bit rate Digital Subscriber Line version 2 »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ve ··· ber_line
VoIP: Voice over Internet Protocol »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vo ··· _over_IP
VRAD: Video/VDSL Ready Access Device »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi ··· s_device

X:
xDSL: (generic) Digital Subscriber Line
xPON: (generic) Passive Optical Network »AT&T U-Verse FAQ »What is BPON or GPON (xPON)?




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