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POTS Last modified: Tuesday, June 10, 2003
Short for plain old telephone service, which refers to the standard telephone service that most homes use. In contrast, telephone services based on high-speed, digital communications lines, such as ISDN and FDDI, are not POTS. The main distinctions between POTS and non-POTS services are speed and bandwidth. POTS is generally restricted to about 52 Kbps (52,000 bits per second). The POTS network is also called the public switched telephone network (PSTN). POTS should not be confused with pot, an abbreviation of potentiometer.		Related Categories Telecommunications Related Terms ADSL communications DSVD G.SHDSL IAC ISDN K56flex PBX PSTN softswitch X2 xDSL Shopping POTS Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Kitchen 35211 Store Offers Garden 3616 Store Offers Plumbing Supplies 8597 Store Offers Rice Cookers and Steamers 137 Model Matches Crock Pots and Slow Cookers 146 Model Matches
Article on cable modems  This Byte magazine article, from September 1996, provides information on the development of technologies that will solve bandwidth problems, with information on cable modems, ADSL, copper vs. coaxial, phone and cable problems, and infrastructure debates.