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Central
Office
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Network
Service
Provider
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Local Loop | DSL Jack |
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| Ethernet | or | Ethernet |
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Punchdown |
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Block or NID |
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DSL – Digital Subscriber Line | POTS – Plain Old Telephone Service | ||
NID – Network Interface Device | RTU – Remote Termination Unit | ||
New Wiring Connections |
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DSL Access with a Hotwire 5038 Distributed POTS Splitter
When a Hotwire 5038 Distributed POTS Splitter is used, one 5038 Distributed POTS Splitter is installed as a filter for each telephone on the same POTS line as DSL.
Demarcation
Point
Customer Premises (CP)
Central
Office
(CO)
Local Loop
Network
Service
Provider
Optional
POTS
Splitter
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RTU
To
Systems
(NSP) Punchdown Block or NID
DSL – Digital Subscriber Line NID – Network Interface Device
POTS – Plain Old Telephone Service RTU – Remote Termination Unit
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