ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
ANT - ADSL Network Terminator
ASAM - ATM Subscriber Access Multiplexer
ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATU-C - ADSL Termination Unit - Central Office
ATU-R - ADSL Termination Unit - Remote
AUP - Acceptable Use Policy
BBR - BroadbandReports
bps - Bits per Second
Bps - Bytes per Second
BSFA - BellSouth FastAccess
CLEC - Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
CO - Central Office
CPE - Customer Premises (or Provided) Equipment
DEMARC - Telephone Company Line Demarcation Point
DFITL - DSL over Fiber In The Loop
DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DLC - Digital Loop Carrier
DMT - Discrete Multi-tone
DSLR - DSLReports
DS0 - Digital Signal Level Zero 64kbps
DS1 - Digital Signal Level One 1.544Mbps
DS3 - Digital Signal Level Three 44.736Mbps
DSL - Digital Subscriber Line
DSLAM - Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
DSU - Data Service Unit
DTE - Data Terminal Equipment
EMI - Electromagnetic Interference (or Induction)
EULA - End User License Agreement
FA - FastAccess
FCC - Federal Communications Commission
FITL - Fiber in the Loop
FTTC - Fiber to the Curb
HDSL - High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
IDSL - ISDN Digital Subscriber Line
IEC - Inter-Exchange Carrier
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IFITL - Integrated Fiber in the Loop
ILEC - Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier
INI - Inside Network Interface
IP - Internet Protocol
ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO - International Standards Organization
ISP - Internet Service Provider
kbps - Kilobits per second
KBps - Kilobytes per second
LAN - Local Area Network
LEC - Local Exchange Carrier
Mbps - Megabits per second
MODEM - Modulator Demodulator
MULDEM - Multiplexer Demultiplexer
MUX - Multiplexer
NAT - Network Address Translation
NGDLC - Next Generation Digital Loop Carrier
NIC - Network Interface Card
NID - Network Interface Device
NT - Network Terminator
ONI - Outside Network Interface
ONU - Optical Network Unit
PCM - Pulse Code Modulation
POP - Point of Presence
POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service
PPP - Point to Point Protocol
PPPoA - Point to Point Protocol Over ATM
PPPoE - Point to Point Protocol Over Ethernet
PVC - Private (or Permanent) Virtual Circuit
RBOC - Regional Bell Operating Company
RDSLAM - Remote Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
RJnnx - Registered Jack (nnx = type)
RT - Remote Terminal
S/N - Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SDSL - Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
SLC - Subscriber Loop Carrier
SNR - Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SOHO - Small Office/Home Office
STH - Alcatel SpeedTouch Home Ethernet Modem
TCP - Transport Control Protocol
TELCO - Telephone Company
USB - Universal Serial Bus
VDSL - Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
VoIP - Voice Over Internet Protocol
VPN - Virtual Private Network
WAN - Wide Area Network
xDSL - (generic) Digital Subscriber Line
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