| Short Stuff | Cross the Threshold | Name That Service Plan! | Valid or Not (and Why?) | Potpourri |
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What is Out of Service?
OOS
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What is a poor SNR?
Noise margin below 6db
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What is10/7?
V12928-5056_8128-1600_81111
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What is a valid ADSL profile?
al1_d6016-384_u800-256
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What is Carleton?
This is the academic body NCF has been aligned with since the early 90's
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What is a Dynamic Line Manager?
DLM
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What is the maximum practical distance for the residence from the Bell office for DSL service?
Distance from the CO greater than 5km
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What is 10/1?
al2_d10304-5056_u1088-256
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What is an invalid profile? - the upload speed is out of the ADSL range
al1_d6016-384_u8000-256
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What is Sagemcom 2864?
Historically, the first VDSL modem sold by NCF (now decrepit and almost useless but some members still use them)
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What is the prefix for an ADSL Fast line profile?
al1
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What is the level of RCO above which you may start to see disconnects?
Download RCO of > 90%
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What is Legacy 6?
al1_d6016-384_u800-256
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What is Valid, but high setting for 10/7 or low 15/10.
V12928-5056_8128-1600_00011
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What is 5%?
% of tax charged to DSL service to members in Quebec.
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Relative Capacity Occupancy
RCO
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What is 7 mbps?
This is the minimum NCF-specified line upload speed at which a TP-Link 8961 will cease to function
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What is Installed 10/7 mbps?
A modem is plugged in to a verified 10 meg installation that was completed, but the modem does not connect despite ADSL programming in office. Assuming the installation to the jack went smoothly, likely what has happened here?
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What is Valid, but slow setting for 50/10?
V50048-26944_4032-2048_66211
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What is Nighthawk, Netgear (Model #R7000 for extra morale - no penalty for trying to guess model!)
The "user friendly" name and manufacturer of the NCF Office Router. Bonus prize if exact model # is mentioned!
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What is a DSL Access Multiplexer?
DSLAM
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What is 6/0.8 mbps?
A plan is installed at 12.2/1.085 mbps according to line sync readings, but the NCF plan is CAF. This is the maximum speed the member can expect to attain from the modem.
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What is 6/0.8 mbps?
Should a member have a grandfathered 2/15 plan installed, and the address qualifies well for service, this is the speed we'd most likely see from their line profile readings:
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What is Invalid, 50/10 upload rate exceeds 11.328 mbps which is peak VDSL speed for NCF?
V53952-26944_12328-2048_66211
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What is 4 VDSL, 3 ADSL, and 1 Cable?
The number of each respective potential individual lines/modems (VDSL, ADSL and other) the office can have up and connected at a time.
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