Buried Cable
Regulatory
Pat
Acronyms
Things that Start With "N"
100

This is how deep main line cable needs to be buried.

3 feet

100

The Federal body that regulates our industry.

What is the FCC?

100

If you have time to lean, you have time to ...

What is clean?

100

SLC

What is Subscriber Line Charge?

100

This is who performs our audit.

Who is Nichols Rise?

200

Number of fibers active in an ONT when a customer has all 3 services.

What is one?

200

This is the state body that regulates our industry.

What is the NPSC?

200

This is what should always be brought to a meeting.

What is a notebook?

200

POTS

What plain old telephone service.

200

This is the company that handles customer service calls after hours.

What is NRTC?

300

The process of fusing together mainline cable and drop cable.

What is Splicing?

300

The federal funding model NNTC currently has in place.

What is ACAM II?

Alternative Connect America Model

300

The person who is more animated than Pat when someone jumps out at him... as demonstrated last week.

Who is Heath?

300

VoIP

What is Voice Over Internet Protocol? 

300

This is the company we are switching our carrier equipment to.

Who is NOKIA?

400

The tool most often used to pinpoint underground fiber damage.

What is OTDR?


Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer

400

How many times the FCC reguires us to report speed tests.

What is four?

400

The national agency he was the president of

What is WTA?


Western Telecommunications Alliance

400

AI

What is Artificial Intelligence?

400

This is the company we have our health insurance and pension through.

Who is NTCA?

500
The size of fiber typically used for drops.

What is 6 fiber?

500

The number of awards NNTC has won to build out fiber in the last 3 years.

What is 5?

Broadband Bridge - Hubbard south and Antelope

Capital Projects- Butler and Polk

Reverse Auction - Dakota County and outliers

500

His "favorite" collegiate football team.

What is Nebraska Cornhuskers?

500

ILEC

What is Independent Local Exchange Carrier?

500

The employee whose first and last name start with the same letter. 

Who is Nick Niehus?
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