POT (Point Of Termination)

Synonymous with POP (Point Of Presence). The point at which an

interexchange carrier (IXC) establishes a physical presence in a geographic area, and at which the local exchange carriers (LECs) terminate access services. See also LEC, IXC, and POP.

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• DQPSK (Differential Quaternary Phase Shift Keying)
• Draft-Martini VPN
• drain wire
• driver
• drop
• drop wire
• dry
• dry copper pair
• DS-0 (Digital Signal Level Zero)
• DS-0 (Digital Signal Level Zero)
• DS-1C (Digital Signal Level One Concatenated)
• DS-1 (Digital Signal Level One)
• DS-1 (Digital Signal Level One)
• DS-2 (Digital Signal Level Two)
• DS-3 (Digital Signal Level Three)
• DS-4 (Digital Signal Level Four)
• DS-5 (Digital Signal Level Five)
• DSA (Digital Switched Access)
• DSB (Double Sideband)
• DS (Digital Signal)
• DSF (Dispersion-Shifted Fiber)
• DSI (Digital Speech Interpolation)
• DSL access multiplexer (Digital Subscriber Line access multiplexer or DSLAM)
• DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer)
• DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)