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Broadband/ADSL Glossary and Internet related terms

 

 

 

 


 

 

ADSL

Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line.

ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode.
Attenuation The measurement of decrease in a signal (in db) over a conductor.
AR7 Texas Instruments chipset used in some Netgear routers.
BT British Telecom - split between a few 'companies':
BTOE - BT OpenReach (Maintains telephone wires and exchanges)
BTW - BT Wholesale (Maintains adsl infrastructure & services for many providers)
BTR - BT Retail (BT's broadband and phone service provider)
 
BRAS Broadband Remote Access Server (Also known as IP Profile)
Broadcom Chipset used in Thomson Speedtouch routers.
CPE Customer premises equipment
DATARATE See Line connection speed
dB Decibel
DSLAM Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
DLM Dynamic Line Management
 
FTTC Fibre To The Cabinet (BT's Green Street Cabinets)
FTTH Fibre To The Home
iPlate

Interstitial Plate. BT iPlate for improving your broadband connection BT I-plate

IP Profile The speed profile BT give your ADSL connection depending on your line sync.
IPSC IPStream Connect 'new for 2009' - EntaNet are one of the first to move to this platform. See Enta's IPSC Node map/usage
 
ISDN Integrated services digital network
Line connection speed The speed your router or modem connects to the internet.
Ping Packet internet groper.
PPP Point to Point Protocol.
PPPoE/A Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet/ATM.
POP3 Post Office Protocol 3.
LAN Local Area Network.
LCP Link Control Protocol.
LLU Local Loop Unbundling.
MAC Migration Authorisation Code.
MTU Maximum Transmittable Unit.
MTU and TalkTalk Broadband
 
NTE5 Network Terminating Equipment 5 - BT's Master Socket.
 
RJ11 RJ45 Registered jack 11/45
SNR Signal to Noise Ratio
SNRM Signal to Noise Ratio Margin
Sync See Line connection speed
Target SNR The target SNR BT gives when your router/modem initially connects.
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol.
VCI Virtual Channel Identifier.
VPI
 
Virtual Path Identifier.

WBC

Wholesale Broadband Connect. BT's ADSL2+ product to provide faster speeds.
View Enta's WBC node usage/status

   
   

Broadband Speed Test

Simple internet (ADSL Broadband) speed tester

ADSL: router choice and SNR

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Understanding and improving
ADSL Max

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EntaNet Central Pipes

View the Central status and your active pipe.

   

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