CYK1 Introduction to DSL

This account type assigns an IP address chosen at random from a pool of addresses to the wide area network (WAN) interface of the customer's modem/router when they successfully connect.

• Dynamic IP address

• Static IP address

• Serving area Interface

• Protocol

Will be in the customer neighborhood; the F2 will then go to the NID. This definition defines :

• RemoteDigital LoopCarrier.

• Public Switched Telephone Network.

• Serving Terminal(Pedestal).

• Network InterfaceDevice (NID).

In the 12-state region, the DSL Internet service is referred to:

• DSL Direct.

• Dry Loop.

• DSL Terminal.

• Full Loop

The cross box that connects the F1 cable coming from the CO to the F2 cable that goes to the Pedestal.

This definition defines :

• RemoteDigital LoopCarrier

• Public Switched Telephone Network

• Serving area Interface

• Network InterfaceDevice (NID)

A software application that enables a user to display and interact with text, images, and other information typically located on a page at a Web site on the World Wide Web or a local area network. This definition defines :

• Web browser

• Computer network

• Protocol

• DSL terminal

Two or more computers that are interconnected and able to connect with each other.

This definition defines :

• Port

• Computer network

• LAN andWAN

• Protocols

AT&T offers DSL Internet to customers without requiring them to have AT&T local phone service. In the 9-state region, the service is referred to as:

• DSL Direct

• DSL Terminal

• Full Loop

This is a gray box normally mounted to the side of the customer’s house near the water meter which has the demarcation point which the telephone company’s Network ends and connects with the telephone.

• RemoteDigital Loop Carrier

• Public Switched Telephone Network

• Serving Terminal(Pedestal)

• Network Interface Device (NID)

Small text files that a server sends to a Web browser and that are returned every time the browser accesses that server. They can be used to track, maintain, or authenticate user information.

• Cache

• Cookies

• Port

• Portal

Was created to extend the distance we could offer DSL to customers that were further from the CO.

This definition defines :

• Remote Digital Loop Carrier

• Public Switched Telephone Network

• Serving Terminal(Pedestal)

• Network InterfaceDevice (NID)