With remote maintenance a requirement, the looms/conduits were designed to be modular with connections which are electrically connected when the module is fitted or conversely disconnected when removed.
The VP explained phone networks have changed a lot over the years, but back in the day, you were dealing with line side connections, which would handle calls within a specific exchange, and what were called trunk side connections, which are high-capacity circuits that connect you to other exchanges, e.g. connecting to places that were long distance.
The company said profitability at its retail business fell as corporate customers demanded new Internet-based services rather than traditional fixed-line phone connections, which are more lucrative.
I am reading the Poe because I loved the movie "Life of Pi" and wanted to see the connections, which are numerous.
Most of the population still uses DSL landline connections, which are slow and do not operate well for more advanced uses like video download and real-time game-playing.
The AT&T-DirectTV and Verizon-Bright House-Cox-Comcast-TimeWarner behemoths market what are known as "quad plays": the phone companies sell mobile services jointly with the "triple play" of Internet, telephone and television connections, which are often provided by supposedly competing cable and satellite companies.
The approach appeals to necessary connections, which are unobservable and therefore unacceptable to Hume.
The nature of satellite broadcasting doesn't allow for fast, two-way connections, which are required for broadband Internet service.
Thus the synaptic connections which are seldom used would be switched off in favor of more active ones.
- Southbound connections, which are the connections between the Gateway/Fog node and the Edge devices/things/sensor networks.
- Northbound connections, which are the connections between Gateways/Fog nodes and a Cloud service (public or private).
