The FSAN committee has specified split ratios up to 64:1 in the
standards adopted by the ITU—ITU G.983 (BPON) and G.984
(GPON).
POTS “Plain Old Telephone Service.” The term refers to standard
voice-grade telephone service and is used to distinguish stan-
dard voice-grade service from video or high-speed data
service.
RBOC Regional Bell Operating Company, also called a “Baby Bell.”
Refers to Qwest, AT&T (formerly SBC, Ameritech, Pacific Telesis,
and BellSouth) and Verizon
TWP Twisted pair, refers to copper-wire telecom cable technology
VDSL Very high-bit-rate digital subscriber line
VOIP Voice over IP
Wi-Fi 802.11 short-range broadband wireless access
WiMAX 802.16 wide range broadband wireles s access
WW Worldwide (abbreviation used with some market data ...