128-bit Encryption - The latest Internet security standard for e-commerce and financial transactions, 128-bit encryption scrambles any data you send to a secure Web site (like TDS ePay) so that no one...
WAN wide area network WARC World Administrative Radio Consortium WATS Wide-area telecommunications services. See Wide-area telecommunications services. Waveform amplitude (magnitude) versus time repre...
VAD value-added distributor VAN value-added network VAR value-added reseller VBR variable bit rate VCI virtual circuit identifier VCS virtual circuit switch Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) VSATs a...
UIS Universal Information Services UNE Unbundled Network Elements (also known as UNE) are a requirement mandated by the Telecommunications Act of 1996. They are the parts of the network that the ILECs...
Transmission Facilities Transmission facilities provide the communication paths that carry user and network control information between nodes in a network. In general, transmission facilities consist...
Terrestrial Microwave Radio Terrestrial microwave radio is a transmission systems consisting of at least two radio transmitter/receivers (transceivers) connected to high gain antennas (directional ant...
T1 Carrier A T1 carrier is a time-division multiplexed digital transmission facility capable of supporting 24 voice channels, (each encoded as a 64 kbps PCM DS0 signal), producing an aggregate multipl...
Secure Internet Protocols - A set of security rules or standards that determines how computers talk to each other on a network. Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) - See Dialup Service Shell Access -...
SSN switched service network SS signaling system Station Equipment Station equipment is a component of telecommunications systems such as a telephone or data terminal, generally located on the user's...
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) SNMP is the application protocol offering network management service in the Internet suite of protocols. A structure for formatting messages and transmitting...
SAFENET survivable adaptable fiber-optic embedded network Satellite Communications Satellite communications entails microwave radio, line-of-sight propagation from a transmitting earth terminal (i.e.,...
RAO Revenue Accounting Office RBHC Regional Bell Holding Company RBOC Regional Bell Operating company RBS robbed bit signaling Regional Bell Holding Company (RBHC) RBHC is one of 7 regional companies...
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PVC permanent virtual circuit Partner＊s Program - An indirect sales channel that offers smaller businesses in the TDS Telecom service areas an opportunity to promote and sell TDS Telecom products an...
PPSN public packet switched network Premises Distribution System (PDS) PDS is the transmission network inside a building or among a group of buildings, for example an office park or a campus. PDS is u...
