Re: OT: What do they mean: T1, T3, DS-3, DS-48, OC-3, OC-48, OC-192...

[Christopher Pharo Glæserud <glaserud-debuser@orakel.ntnu.no>]

Andy Anderson, 
> I know that this is off topic, but I've been curious for a while
> as to what, exactly, the acronyms (or designators, or whatever
> they're properly called) in the subject line mean.  I sort of
> have some sense of what a T1 is - a dedicated connection to the
> Internet via some ISP that is anywhere from 128 Kbps to 1.5 Mbps
> in bandwidth - but what does the T (or DS or OC) stand for?  Is
> there a reference somewhere?  Google was no help at all...

Try

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-carrier

-- 
regards,

Christopher Pharo Glæserud