aggregated and the subscriber is able to access these interactive services
including the Internet through this ISP node.
‘CPE’ means Customer Premises Equipment
‘Customer’ or ‘Consumer’ means a subscriber of Broadband service.
‘DSLAM’ means Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer.
‘DSL’ means Digital Subscriber Line.
‘Internet’ is a global information system that is: logically linked together by a
globally unique address, based on Internet Protocol (IP) or its subsequent
enhancements/ up gradations; able to support communications using the
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite or its subsequent
enhancements/ up gradations, and all other IP compatible protocols.
‘IGSP’ means International Gateway Service Provider for Internet services.
‘ISP’ means Internet Service Provider licensed to provide access to Internet
Service
‘ISP Node’ means a location where the ISP’s Gateway Router is connected with
upstream service provider
‘LAN’ means Local Area Network. It is a group of computers and associated
devices that share a common communications line or wireless link.
‘License’ means a license granted by the Agency under which a service is
provided by an operator, whereas a ‘Licensee’ means an operator that is licensed
to provide Internet Services
‘OFC’ means Optic Fiber Cable
‘PC’ means Personal Computer.
‘POP’ means Point Of Presence of the service provider intending to provide
Broadband service where multiple such individual Broadband connections are
aggregated and the subscriber is able to access interactive services including the
Internet through this POP.
‘Quality of Service’: The term “Quality of Services” (QoS) is defined as “the
collective effect of service performance which determines the degree of satisfaction
of a user of the service indicating the performance of a broadband network and of
the degree to which the network conforms to the stipulated norms”.
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