A 75-ohm coaxial cable connector commonly found on consumer television and video equipment.
FAX
FAX machines are telephone equipment, which lets you send a copy of written or drawn material over the telephone to a receiving FAX machine.
FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
The federal agency empowered by law to regulate all interstate and foreign wire and radio communications services originating in the United States, including radio, television, facsimile, telegraph and telephone systems. The agency was established under the Communications Act of 1934.
Fiber Optics
Communications technology that uses thin filaments of glass or other transparent materials. Fiber optic technology offers extremely high transmission speeds, allowing for data-intensive services such as video on-demand.
Firewall
A set of security procedures that separates and protects data on a LAN from hackers who might access the LAN from the Internet. A firewall is a method of protecting one network from another network, yet allowing restricted access of desired users.
Flat Rate
A type of service with pricing charged per month (or other stated billing period) that does not vary according to usage.
Frame Relay
A telecommunications service that provides cost-efficient data transmission for sporadic traffic between local area networks (LANs) and end-points in a wide area network (WAN).
Freeze Frame
The transmission of discrete video picture frames at a data rate, which is too slow to provide the perception of natural motion.
FTTH (fiber to the home)
The fiber deployment architecture in which optical fiber is carried all the way to the customer’s home.
FX (foreign exchange)
An exchange service that uses a private line to connect a subscriber’s local calling office with a distant central office (CO) in a community outside the subscriber’s local calling area. With FX service, a phone number in the distant CO is made a part of the subscriber’s local service. FX service is used by customers who place and receive large numbers of calls to and froma particular distant location.
All rates exclude applicable taxes, surcharges and franchise fees and all programming and rates are subject to change without notice. Offers and services are subject to prior credit approval. Activation, installation and/or first month payment may be required. Other restrictions may apply. Paks require one-year commitment. Price assumes use of electronic billing, auto payment from bank or credit card account. If online services are not used and printed invoice is requested, a $1.50 will be added to bill; $1.50 will be added to bill if auto payment option is not used. All services may not be available in all areas.
