V.90
E93648
V.90 is an ITU-T modem standard that enabled dial-up internet connections at speeds up to 56 kbit/s over traditional telephone lines.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ITU-T V.90 | 1 |
| V.90 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T793514 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: V.90 Context triple: [ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector, notableStandard, V.90]
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A.
DOCSIS
DOCSIS is an international telecommunications standard that enables high-speed data transmission over existing cable television systems, commonly used for broadband internet services.
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B.
GTE
GTE (General Telephone & Electronics Corporation) was a major U.S. telecommunications company that became one of the largest local telephone service providers before ultimately merging into Verizon.
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C.
Fios
Fios is Verizon's fiber-optic communications service offering high-speed internet, television, and phone to residential and business customers.
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D.
Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile is a wireless communications brand offering mobile phone services in multiple countries as part of Richard Branson’s broader Virgin Group.
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E.
Southern Telecom
Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: V.90 Target entity description: V.90 is an ITU-T modem standard that enabled dial-up internet connections at speeds up to 56 kbit/s over traditional telephone lines.
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A.
DOCSIS
DOCSIS is an international telecommunications standard that enables high-speed data transmission over existing cable television systems, commonly used for broadband internet services.
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B.
GTE
GTE (General Telephone & Electronics Corporation) was a major U.S. telecommunications company that became one of the largest local telephone service providers before ultimately merging into Verizon.
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C.
Fios
Fios is Verizon's fiber-optic communications service offering high-speed internet, television, and phone to residential and business customers.
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D.
Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile is a wireless communications brand offering mobile phone services in multiple countries as part of Richard Branson’s broader Virgin Group.
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E.
Southern Telecom
Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ITU-T recommendation
ⓘ
modem standard ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
ITU-T V.90
ⓘ
linked to:
V.90
|
| appliesTo | dial-up internet access ⓘ |
| category | dial-up modem technology ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | V.34 ⓘ |
| dataTransmissionType | full-duplex ⓘ |
| defines |
handshaking procedures between modem and access server
ⓘ
modulation methods for 56 kbit/s downstream ⓘ |
| designedFor | 56k modems ⓘ |
| enables | internet connectivity over voice-grade telephone lines ⓘ |
| maximumDownstreamBitrate | 56 kbit/s ⓘ |
| maximumUpstreamBitrate | 33.6 kbit/s ⓘ |
| operatesOver | PSTN voice band ⓘ |
| predecessor | V.34 ⓘ |
| publicationBody | ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector ⓘ |
| purpose | increase dial-up data rates beyond 33.6 kbit/s ⓘ |
| requires |
analog local loop at subscriber end
ⓘ
digital connection at service provider end ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
ITU-T
ⓘ
linked to:
ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector
|
| standardizes | data signaling rates up to 56 kbit/s ⓘ |
| successor | V.92 ⓘ |
| supports | asymmetric data transmission ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
early 2000s
ⓘ
late 1990s ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ISP access servers
ⓘ
consumer dial-up modems ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
analog telephone line
ⓘ
public switched telephone network ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: V.90 Description of subject: V.90 is an ITU-T modem standard that enabled dial-up internet connections at speeds up to 56 kbit/s over traditional telephone lines.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: V.90