Share this site with del.icio.us Share this site with digg Share this site with reddit Share this site with technorati Share this site with furl Share this site with stumbleupon Share this site with google Add this site to Yahoo Bookmarks Click here to add us to your favorites Subscribe to our Feed





plain old telephone service (POTS)

Definition

Standard land-line, twisted-pair copper wire, dial-up telephone service provided to homes and business for basic communications, without features such as call waiting, call forwarding, caller ID, ISDN, etc. From the telephone company's point of presence (POP) up to the telephone exchange it is an analog service (with a bandwidth of 56-64 kilobits per second or kbps) and very high speed digital (usually fiber-optic) lines between exchanges and networks.

Browse by Letter: # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z