Different standards depending on where you are at, but here in the United State some of the Telecom Circuit Types are as follows:
B1
DS0 (56K Channel)
DS1/T1 (European near equivalent is E1)
DS3/T3 (European near equivalent is E3)
SONET (OC1, OC-3, OC-12, OC-48, OC-192, OC-768) - (European near equivalent is SDH)
xPON (passive optical networking)
ACTIVE ETHERNET
BRI (Basic Rate Interface)
PRI (Primary Rate Interface)
Services that are provided on these can be any of the following:
ETHERNET
ISDN (PRI or BRI)
ADSL
SHDSL
E.SHDSL
HDSL
EOS (ETHERNET OVER SONET)
RPR (RESILIENT PACKET RING)
ATM (ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE)
FRAME-RELAY
MPLS
GPON
EPON
GEPON
APON
SIP TRUNKING
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