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Was just curious if there is an umbrella term for the devices such as Modems and ONTs that act as your ISP interface, since you can't call them all Modems...

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[–] Background-Marzipan8@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It cuts down a lot of BS on the phone support lines when you use the correct terms and can have a sensible go at diagnosing the issue.

We dont use the CPE term often in the UK. It's modem ONT router etc.

[–] JustBronzeThingsLoL@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

yea that's fair! I'm just looking for a term to use in my documentation for a site that has both modems and ONTs and i want to label them "xxx1" and "xxx2".

[–] toolology@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can call them CPE or Customer Premise Equipment.

[–] JustBronzeThingsLoL@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

This sounds technically correct but too provider-side for my application (i.e. others that are looking at my documentation won't know what it means)