Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!samsung!xylogics!bu.edu!telecom-request From: AMillar@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Telecom Acronyms Message-ID: Date: 23 Feb 91 23:20:22 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 16 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 153, Message 11 of 13 I've been through the acronym files in the Archives, and they've been quite helpful. However, I'm not satisfied with "POTS". It doesn't really stand for "Plain Old Telephone Service", does it? That`s cute and all, but what does it really stand for? Alan Millar AMillar@cup.portal.com [Moderator's Note: That is *really* all it stands for! For the rest of you, if you don't have the glossary files and sometimes do not understand the terms used here, please get your copies from Telecom Archives. (ftp lcs.mit.edu, login anonymous, cd telecom-archives) PAT]