telephone line
Landline communication link
A telephone line is the wire or cable that carries voice signals between telephones and the telephone network.
The term extends to the connection itself: We need to install a second telephone line.
A busy telephone line is in use; a dead one has no signal.
In the era of dial-up internet, households often tied up the telephone line for hours.
Stationary wired telephone
- switchboardTelephone routing panel
- PBXPrivate branch exchange
- ISDNDigital telephone network standard
- DSLTelephone-line broadband service
ADSL · rotary · touch-tone · dial tone · busy signal · extension · handset · receiver
Cylindrical shaft or extremity
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
- wireThin metallic conductor
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
- junction boxEnclosed wire meeting point
utility pole · lineman · installation · maintenance · repair · outage · wiring · connection
Interconnected system
- broadbandFast internet access
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- providerOne who furnishes things
- accessRight to enter
link · hub · gateway · backbone · connection · service · telecom · carrier
Contact by phone
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- chatInformal verbal exchange
- talkVerbal exchange between people
- holdMaintain in grasp
waiting · conference call · voicemail · message · operator · directory · long-distance · local call
Message-conveying cue
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- dataFacts for analysis
transmitter · receiver · circuit · multiplexing · fiber-optic · coaxial · relay · encoding
landline
Stationary wired telephone
- switchboardTelephone routing panel
- PBXPrivate branch exchange
- ISDNDigital telephone network standard
DSL · ADSL · rotary · touch-tone · dial tone · busy signal · extension · handset · receiver · exchange
pole
Cylindrical shaft or extremity
junction box · utility pole · lineman · installation · maintenance · repair · outage · wiring · connection · insulator
network
Interconnected system
- broadbandFast internet access
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- providerOne who furnishes things
access · link · hub · gateway · backbone · connection · service · telecom · carrier · subscriber
call
Contact by phone
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- chatInformal verbal exchange
- talkVerbal exchange between people
hold · waiting · conference call · voicemail · message · operator · directory · long-distance · local call · toll-free
signal
Message-conveying cue
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- frequencyRate of recurrence
data · transmitter · receiver · circuit · multiplexing · fiber-optic · coaxial · relay · encoding · decoding
- wired telecomlandline, phone cord, phone jack, telegraph, fax
- Island facilitiesferry terminal, ferry dock, desalination plant, water tank, cistern
- data linksethernet, WiFi, satellite link, radio link, video link
- Corridorsroad, highway, railway, railroad, canal
- fire towerscab, cupola, catwalk, stairs, ladder
telephone linemobile phone
Portable wireless telephone
wireless connection · cell phone · satellite phone · radio communication · Wi-Fi calling
telephone linetext message
Brief electronic communication
email · written correspondence · letter · smoke signals · video call
line, telephone, telephony, telephonic, telephonist, telephone lines