Dial-up Internet access (גִּישַׁת חִיּוּג)
- using PSTN
- 1980s
- circuit-switched
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
- 1980, 1988
- using PSTN
- digital transmission
- circuit-switched
Digital subscriber line (DSL) (originally digital subscriber loop)
- packet-switched
- Asymmetric DSL (ADSL)
cable Internet access (or cable Internet)

Fiber-optic

optical network terminal
optical line terminal
passive optical network (PON)
- optical line terminal (OLT)
- optical network terminal (ONT, by ITU-T term) (aka an optical network unit (ONU, by IEEE))
- gigabit passive optical network (GPON)
- Ethernet PON (EPON or GEPON)
fiber-optic splitter
Fiber to the x (FTTX; also spelled “fibre”) or fiber in the loop
- FTTH (fiber-to-the-home)
Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP)

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