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<indicator name="Front">[[File:AAwiki-128.svg\|link=AAISP\|30px\|Back up to the Front Page]]</indicator> =='''==<big><big>General Terms related to AAISP==</big></big>'''== ;21CN:21st Century Network. ;ALG:Application Layer Gateway - typically software in a router to try to help with VoIP calls, often needing to be disabled. ;Bonding:Bonding more than one broadband line. ;BT:British Telecom. ;Traffic:Activity on the network/line. ;TTW:TalkTalk Wholesale. ;Tx Rate:Tx – Download rate. Rx – Upload rate. ~~Rx – Upload rate.~~ ;VLAN:Virtual Local Area Network. ;VoIP:Voice over Internet Protocol. ;WAN:Wide Area Network, an external connection to the rest of the world from your LAN. =='''==<big><big>DSL Related==</big></big>'''== ;ADSL:Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. ;BRAS:Broadband Remote Access Server (Takes PPP from EU and passes it to ISP by [[L2TP]]). ;CPE:Customer ~~Premise~~Premises Equipment (router or modem). ;DSL:Digital Subscriber Line. E.g. ADSL, FTTC/VDSL, Gfast. ;DSLAM:Digital Subscriber Line Access Modulator. ;VP:Virtual Path - a link between an Exchange and the BRAS. =='''==<big><big>BT Fault Terms==</big></big>'''== See also BT's jargon buster at https://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/home/products/serviceproducts/orderandfaulttracker/faulthandling/faulttrackerjargonbuster.do ;POH:Point of Handover. ;RA:Rate Adaptive. ~~;REIN:Repetitive Electrical Impulse Noise - some sort of interference causing problems with a broadband line - tricky to pinpoint, patience needed in diagnosing these faults.~~ ;RWT:Right When Tested. ;SIN:Supplier Information Note [BT]. ;WAC:Work Allocation Controls (team). ;WLR:Wholesale Line Rental. ~~'''~~ =='''<big><big>BT Fault Locations==</big></big>'''== See also BT's jargon buster at https://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/home/products/serviceproducts/orderandfaulttracker/faulthandling/faulttrackerjargonbuster.do ;LN:Fault Located in Local Network. =='''==<big><big>Openreach PSTN Fault Types==</big></big>'''== Terms used to describe a fault type on a PSTN phone line. When reporting a PSTN fault to Openreach one of these terms is used to describe the fault. ;XL:Crossed lines. =='''==<big><big>Email Related==</big></big>'''== ;IMAP:Internet Message Access Protocol. =='''<big><big>Other</big></big>'''== ;IRC:Internet Relay Chat - an online chat room, AAISP have one, see the contact page. You can talk to staff and customers.