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R1 Line |
| single-party residential line. |
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Radio Common Carrier |
| (RCC) Independent radio paging and mobile telecommunications companies that provide FCC approved communications services through transmission of radio signals. |
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Radio Frequency Fingerprinting |
| Also known as Fingerprinting. An electronic fraud preventing process that identifies each wireless handset by examining its unique radio transmission characteristics. Fraudulent or "cloned" phones cannot duplicate a legal phone’s fingerprint. |
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Rate Center |
| The geographic area used by local exchange carriers to set rate boundaries for billing and for issuing phone numbers. |
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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. |
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Rate Plan |
| A billing system structured to different subscriber's needs and specification. |
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Rates And Tariffs |
| Rates and Tariffs |
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Rboc |
| (Regional Bell Operating Company) Companies that were divested from AT&T in 1984. These companies are also known as "Baby Bell" companies. Today they include Pacific Bell, Verizon, Bell South, Ameritech, Qwest, and SBC. They provide local telephone services to the majority of users in most states. |
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Rds (Report Distribution System) |
| An on-line report viewing system |
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Re-Biller |
| Also known as a switchless reseller, resells the services of ILECs, CLECs, RBOCs and IXCs. They do not have their own lines and equipment. Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, Pacific Bell, Southwestern Bell, US WEST, GTE, and SNET are examples of ILECS. A Long Distance Re-Biller is a service provider that buys services from one or more long distance carriers such as AT&T, MCI WorldCom and Sprint and then resells them under their own name |
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Reallocation Of Spectrum |
| The FCC regularly reallocates broadcast spectrum to provide for new innovations in communications, which have included cellular, PCS, advanced paging services and others. Sometimes called Spectrum Reframing. |
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Receiver |
| The electromagnetic device in the telephone handset that receives electrical impulses and translates them back into intelligible sound waves. |
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Redundancy |
| Duplicate equipment in place for rerouting of signals in case of failure on the primary system. |
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Regulation |
| The process of allowing government bodies, such as the FCC and PUC, to set rates and product offerings of private industries, such as telecommunication companies, public utilities (electric, gas, water/sewer), and transportation. |
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Regulators |
| Governmental agencies that administer rules and regulations governing telecommunications services. |
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Remote Call Forwardin |
| A feature of Call Forwarding that is accessible from remote telephones. This feature may be available through your local telephone company |
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Repeater |
| Devices that receive a radio signal, amplify it and re transmit it in a new direction. Used in wireless networks to extend the range of base station signals, thereby expanding coverage, within limits, more economically than by building additional base stations. Repeaters typically are used for buildings, tunnels or difficult terrain. |
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Resale |
| the act of an ILEC selling service for wholesale prices to companies (CLEC's) for resale to end users. |
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Residential Line |
| A circuit that connects the Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) central office to telephones for residential dial tone service. |
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Resp Org |
| Responsible organization. A company who interacts with the shared 800 database to activate, remove or port 800 numbers. Includes all 800 routing and other activity |
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Restrictions |
| Features provided by your local telephone company that prevent undesired or unauthorized calling and charges. |
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Rhcd (Rural Health Care Division) |
| The Telecommunications Act of 1996 established a fund of up to $400 million to rural health care providers in an effort to create a national policy to bring high quality health care to rural Americans through the power of communications technology. For more information, view the RHCD website at www.rhc.universalservice.org |
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Ring-Down Circuit |
| A point-to-point communications system in which the second locations telephone automatically rings when the first location's telephone goes off-hook |
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Ring-To Number |
| The number selected by the customer to which their 800 number is to ring. |
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Ringback |
| The sound you hear when you call someone else's phone |
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Ringer Circuit |
| A circuit between the switch and the individual telephone used by the switch to activate the ringer on the telephone when a call is coming through on the circuit. |
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Roaming Agreement |
| An agreement between wireless carriers that allows subscribers to use their phones on systems other than their home systems. |
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Roaming |
| Traveling outside a wireless carrier’s or subscriber’s local or home coverage area. There is usually an additional charge for roaming |
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Rollover |
| A feature that allows incoming calls to ring to one or more numbers in succession until an open line is identified or all lines in that specified sequence have been accessed. |
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Rotary (Pulse) Dialing |
| This is done with the circular dial on a telephone set. The signal tells the central office the number dialed by opening and closing electrical loops, thus generating pulses for each digit dialed. |
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Rotary Dial |
| The circular telephone dial. When the dial returns to its normal position (after being turned), it opens and closes an electrical loop sent by the central office. It generates pulses for each digit dialed (the clicks you hear). You can dial on a rotary phone without using the rotary dial by depressing the switch hook quickly, allowing pulses in between to signify that you're about to send a new digit. |
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Rotary Hunt |
| Allows calls directed to a busy number to be automatically routed to the next available sequential subscriber line. Rotary Hunting is used in Private Branch Exchange (PBX) and Centrex Systems and is programmed at the Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) central office and cannot be readily changed by the user. |
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Rsa |
| (Rural Service Area) 1) One of 428 non-metropolitan areas in the United States covered by a cellular or PCS license. |
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Rsag |
| Regional Street and Address Guide |
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