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  2. Registered jack - Wikipedia

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    The RJ45S, an obsolete standard [9] jack once specified for modem or data interfaces, has a slot on one side to allow mating with a special variation of the 8P plug: a mechanically-keyed plug with an extra tab on one side that prevents it from mating with regular (non-keyed) 8P jacks. The visual difference from the more-common 8P female is subtle.

  3. Cable modem - Wikipedia

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    A modem flap is when the connection by the modem to the head-end has been dropped (gone offline) and then comes back online. The time offline or rate of flap is not typically recorded, only the incidence. While this is a common occurrence and usually unnoticed, if a modem's flap is extremely high, these disconnects can cause service to be ...

  4. Xfinity - Wikipedia

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    Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, doing business as Xfinity, is an American telecommunications business segment and division of the Comcast Corporation.It is used to market consumer cable television, internet, telephone, and wireless services provided by the company.

  5. Customer-premises equipment - Wikipedia

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    The two phrases, "customer-premises equipment" and "customer-provided equipment", reflect the history of this equipment.Under the Bell System monopoly in the United States (post Communications Act of 1934), the Bell System owned the telephones, and one could not attach privately owned or supplied devices to the network, or to the station apparatus.

  6. Network interface device - Wikipedia

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    An optical network terminal (ONT, an ITU-T term), also known as an optical network unit (ONU, an IEEE term), is used to terminate the optical fiber line, demultiplex the signal into its component parts (voice telephone, television, and Internet access), and provide power to customer telephones.

  7. Data Carrier Detect - Wikipedia

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    Its purpose varies depending on the device connected, but the most specific meaning is to indicate when a modem is connected to another remote modem via telephone lines. The word "carrier" is a reference to the analog carrier signal generated by a modem, which is modulated to carry the data.

  8. Comcast - Wikipedia

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    Brian L. Roberts. Comcast is described as a family business. [19] Brian L. Roberts, its chairman and CEO, is the son of founder Ralph J. Roberts (1920–2015). Roberts owns or controls about 1% of all Comcast shares but all of the Class B supervoting shares, giving him an "undilutable 33% voting power over the company". [20]

  9. Coaxial cable - Wikipedia

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    Coaxial cable, or coax (pronounced / ˈ k oʊ. æ k s /), is a type of electrical cable consisting of an inner conductor surrounded by a concentric conducting shield, with the two separated by a dielectric (insulating material); many coaxial cables also have a protective outer sheath or jacket.