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nailed-up circuit Telecom Definition
Dedicated circuits sometimes are referred to as nailed-up circuits because, in bygone days, the twisted-pair copper physical circuits were literally hung from nails driven in the walls of the carrier's wire centers. See also dedicated circuit and wire center.

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