Fiber to the premise

SC/APC Subscribed Connector/ Angled Physical Contact

Used on optical splitters and optical network units, it is a square snap together optical connector designed for single mode fiber

MDU Multiple Dwelling Unit

a classification of housing where multiple separate housing units for residential inhabitants are contained within one building or several buildings within one complex.

GRP Glass Reinforced Plastic

a composite material or fiber-reinforced polymer made of a plastic reinforced by fine fibers made of glass

MPO Multi-fiber Push On

a connector for ribbon cables with four to twenty-four fibers. Connectors for singlemode fiber have angled ends to minimize back-reflection, while multimode fiber versions typically have flat ends

GFI Ground Fault Interrupt

a device that shuts off an electric power circuit when it detects that current is flowing along an unintended path, such as through water or a person.

POE Point of Entry

a filter is designed to prevent MoCA signals from leaving your home through the cable box or radiating out of an antenna

FTTP Fiber to the premise

a pure fiber-optic cable connection running from an Internet Service Provider (ISP) directly to the user's home or business.

EPON Ethernet Passive Optical Network

a single, shared optical fiber that uses inexpensive optical splitters to divide the single fiber into separate strands feeding individual subscribers.

WDM Wave Division Multiplexing

a technology or technique modulating numerous data streams, i.e. optical carrier signals of varying wavelengths (colors) of laser light, onto a single optical fiber.

HFC Hybrid fiber-coaxial

a telecommunications industry term for a broadband network that combines optical fiber and coaxial cable

PON Passive Optical Network

a telecommunications technology that implements a point-to-multi-point architecture, in which unpowered Fiber Optic Splitters are used to enable a single optical fiber to serve multiple end-points such as customers, without having to provision individual fibers between the hub and customer.

UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply

an electrical apparatus that provides emergency power to a load when the input power source or mains power fails

Power insterter

device used to apply power on a coax drop

R-ONU Radio Frequency Optical Network Unit

fiber-optic micro-nodes

RFoG Radio Frequency over glass

is a deep-fiber network design in which the coax portion of the hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network is replaced by a single-fiber passive optical network (PON).

NAP Network access point

located near that residence or businness. This is where the fiber drops are connected

RTM Return to Maintenance

refer to maintance

SDU Single Dwelling Unit

single-family residence (SFR) or separate house is a free-standing residential building. It is defined in opposition to a multi-family residential dwelling.

Terminate

to install a special fitting with an internal 75 ohm resistor

Splitter Cabinet

A cabinet place between the headend and the severed neighborhood

Conduit

A plastic piping used to house fibers, fiber drips and RF cables

Hand Hole

A small vault located between the pedestal and the home

Pull Sock

A soft sided apparatus that slides over the SC-APC connector of the fiber drop. The pull rope inside of the drop conduit is attached to the pull-sock allowing the tech to pull the fiber drop up to the R-ONU enclosure.

Vault

A weather hardened box that is set into the ground typically at grade level. It houses cable equipment, NAP's, and splice cases.

OSHA Occupational Safety Health Administration

Act of 1970 assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.

FDC Fiber Distribution Cabinet

An enclosure that provides the connection between fiber optic cables and passive optical splitters

Pre-Connectorized

Connectors installed at the factory

FDC

Fiber Distribution Cabinet

LASR

Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

Bonding

Making the outer jacket or braid of the coax drop electrically common to the home neutral through use of of #12 copper wire

Greenfield

New build or new construction