Copper
Fiber
Fidium
Tools
Potpourri
100

What is the most important device in a customer's home if they are a copper internet customer?

The modem

100

Name at least one way in which fiber is superior to copper.

Faster, less vulnerable to interference, cheaper to maintain

100

What device provides WiFi for Fidium customers?

Router/Gateway

100

What tool is used to run a diagnostic test on a copper customer's line?

Testboard

100

Who wrote the Harry Potter series?

JK Rowling

200

What travels through copper wires to deliver an internet signal?

Electricity

200

What does FTTH stand for?

Fiber to the Home
200

What market does NOT have Fidium customers?

TG

200

What tool is used to authenticate an NNE customer's device in Radius?

AWS (Authentication Web Search)
200

Who hosted Jeopardy until his death in 2020?

Alex Trebek

300

What does DSL stand for?

Digital Subscriber Line

300

What are the two most important devices in a fiber internet customer's home?

ONT and gateway/router

300

What diagnostic tool is available ONLY for Fidium customers?

Plume

300

What do all current outage cases start with?

IC (Investigation Case)

300

The ram is the symbol of which zodiac sign?

Aries

400

What type of jack do copper modems use to connect to the internet?

Phone jack / RJ-11

400

What is the one metric in which fiber is worse than copper?

Cost to install

400

What OUI do we select for an NNE Fidium customer that wants to use their own router?

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)

400

What tool shows us the current modem MAC address for TG customers?

Neonova

400

What city-state was Athens's great military rival in ancient Greece?

Sparta

500

In Testboard for a CA/NNE customer, what status indicates the modem is connected and communicating?

Running_Showtime

500

Which port on the customer's gateway should be connected to the ONT?

WAN (Wide Area Network)

500

What is the name of the app Fidium customers can use to manage their services?

Attune

500

What tool do we use to resolve a walled garden issue in Minnesota?

Radius Functions - MN in Resolve.

500

In Lord of the Rings, what is the name of Frodo's glowing sword?

Sting