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Fibre To The Premises (FTTP), provides end-to-end fibre from the exchange directly to the destination site (without any copper lengths) resulting in faster speeds than Fibre To The Cabinet (FTTC).

Fiber optics is a high-bandwidth transmission technology that uses light to carry digital information. One fiber telephone cable carries hundreds of thousands of voice circuits. These cables, or light guides, replace conventional coaxial cables and wire pairs. Fiber transmission facilities occupy far less physical volume for an equivalent transmission capacity, which is a major advantage in crowded ducts. Optical fiber is also immune to electrical interference. Fibre-optic cable will one day replace the older copper cable that has been used on telephone lines for years.  

This is a device that you plug into your phone socket in order to split voice (telephone) and data (internet) signals when using an ADSL internet connection. It is important to add a filter to all the telephone sockets that share the same line as the broadband that also have a telephone attached to them. If using the telephone for an incoming call or if a user is making a call through a socket that doesn’t have a filter then the connection can be interrupted. 

A Firewall is a component within a network or computer system designed to identify and prevent any unauthorised access into a network from an external source.

A fixed line is an analogue or digital connection provided by a cable enabling voice and/or data services.

Flow Management is the counting in or out of individuals through a designated gateway. See also Density Control and Access Control.

see Fibre To The Cabinet

see Fibre To The Home

see Fibre To The Premises

A gateway is a node on your network that acts like an interface to other networks. Typically this is the machine that the desktops and workstations connect through to access the internet. Usually a gateway is associated with a router.

See Gigabyte.

see Generic Ethernet Access