Telecommunications
Glossary
- Rate
Element
- A recurring
fixed charge for IEC or LEC service at the lowest level. A local loop
may have multiple rate elements associated with it, which make up the
fixed portion of the monthly bill. For example: Local Access, Local
Mileage, Entrance facilities, Channel Termination, Interexchange, etc.
Rates and Tariffs
- Standards
published by AT&T, OCCs,LECs, and IECs that define service availability,
cost and provisioning procedures.
RBOC - Regional Bell Operating Company
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- Rebiller
- See Reseller
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- Regional
Bell Operating Companies - RBOC
- One of
the seven "Baby Bell" Companies created by the 1982 Modified
Final Judgement that specified the terms of the AT&T Divestiture.
The seven RHCs include: NYNEX, Bell Atlantic, Bell South, Southwestern
Bell, U.S. West, Pacific Telesis, and Ameritech. "RBOC" is
sometimes used informally to refer to the Regional Holding Companies
defined in the 1982 MFJ. (See Bell Operating Companies - There are 19
BOCs).
Regulators
- FCC, PUC,
Federal Courts (e.g. MFJ), etc.
Reseller - Also known as Rebiller
- A long-distance
carrier (IEC) that does not own a network, but leases bulk capacity
and resells portions of it at a higher rate.
Residential Customer
- An individual
(non-business) telephone system subscriber.
Responsible Organization - R/O
- With 800
Portability,the Number Administration Service Center (NASC) allows the
RespOrg to make changes such as carrier, termination, 800 call routing
(by time of day, location.) A Letter Of Agency (LOA) must be on file
to change the RespOrg for each customer/account.
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