Alcatel SPEED TOUCH PRO User Manual page 8

ADSL/POTS and
ADSL/ISDN
Terminology
Safety instructions
CAUTION
WARNING
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Three variants of Alcatel's Speed Touch
Subscriber Line (ADSL) routers exist:
An ADSL/POTS variant connecting to an analog POTS(*) line
"
two ADSL/ISDN variants connecting to a digital ISDN(**) line:
"
An ISDN variant compliant to ETSI standards
D
An ISDN variant compliant to both ETSI and ITU
D
standards.
(*) Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS)
(**) Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
For readability, the Alcatel Speed Touch Pro will be referred to
as STPro in this User's Guide.
Prior to connecting the Alcatel Speed Touch Pro, read the
Safety Instructions in appendix D.
The following words and symbols mark special messages
throughout this document:
WARNING: indicates that failure to follow the directions could
cause bodily harm or loss of life.
CAUTION: indicates that failure to follow the directions could
result in damage to equipment or loss of information.
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