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Skypesearch for term

Skype is an IP telephony service provider that offers free calling between subscribers and low-cost calling to people who don't use the service. In addition to standard telephone calls, Skype enables file transfers, texting, video chat and videoconferencing.

SDSLsearch for term

Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL) is a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) The main difference between ADSL and SDSL is that SDSL has the same upstream data transfer rate as downstream (symmetrical), whereas ADSL always has smaller upstream bandwidth (asymmetrical).

Service Providersearch for term

A company which provides telecommunications connection and service to a customer. The telecommunications service provider may be the actual carrier or a reseller of those services.

--Service Plansearch for term

The contract between a service provider and customer. The `service` being supplied is connection and access to a telecommunications network. The service plan should describe all rates, charges and fees.

----Service Feesearch for term

Monthly charge from a provider for provision of service. Call charges are additional to this charge. See also Access Fee.

Spamsearch for term

Unsolicited, bulk e-mails (or SMS messages). Also called Junk Emails.