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	CLEC - Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
		(Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) A term coined for the deregulated, competitive telecommunications environment envisioned by the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
		Competitive local exchange carrier: Born out of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, a CLEC is a service provider that is in direct competition with the incumbent service provider.
		In exchange for the dollars and time spent on gaining that status, the CLEC is entitled to co-locate its equipment in the incumbent's central office, which saves them a lot of money.
	www.auditmypc.com /acronym/CLEC.asp (719 words)

	Local exchange carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Local telephone companies at the time of the divestiture are also known as Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILEC).
		Local phone calls are defined as calls originating and terminating within a local access and transport area (LATA) which is defined by the Federal Communications Commission.
		Local toll calls are each billed at m + (t − 1)p, where m is minimum charge for a local toll call, p is the per-minute charge, and t is the duration of the call in minutes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Local_exchange_carrier (705 words)

	65 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES - REGULATORY
		A competitive interexchange carrier” or “CIXC” is an interexchange carrier that is not also an Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC).
		"Incumbent local exchange carrier" or “ILEC” means a local exchange carrier or its successor that provided local exchange service in a defined service territory in Maine on February 8, 1996 or that is designated as an ILEC pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 251(h)(2).
		CLECs that do not receive state universal service funding under Chapter 288 and all CIXCs shall be exempt from those requirements of Title 35-A § 504(2) that direct them to take and file balance sheet information when their accounts are closed.
	www.state.me.us /mpuc/doing_business/rules/part_2/ch212.htm (461 words)

	The CLEC Train Wreck
		A CLEC is a telephone company regulated by the same rules and regulations as the local operating company presently serving the community.
		Despite the laudable intentions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to quickly stimulate competition for local telephone service, legislators and the federal regulators responsible for the Act failed to make several of the hard decisions necessary to help CLECs realize their vision.
		For the new anti-interventionist philosophy of the FCC to work, regulators must remove the legacy of social policy in local access rate structures and allow local rates to be determined by the marketplace.
	infocus.telephonyonline.com /ar/telecom_clec_train_wreck/index.htm (1660 words)

	Competitive local exchange carrier and telephone service provider.
		The competitive telecommunications world is something of a puzzle, to say the least.
		Unfortunately, it's not, which forces CLECs to follow the lead of incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) and install the same expensive "big iron" equipment, whether it fits properly into their business plans or not.
		But CLECs and integrated communications providers (ICPs), which arguably have less to lose due to their newness on the scene, have been most interested in the value proposition that lies behind the immediate concerns.
	www.itltd.net /press1.htm (2462 words)

	Mujo Web Designs Glossary of Terms
		Competitive Local Exchange Carrier â” Abbreviated as CLEC, created by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, a CLEC is a service provider that is in direct competition with an incumbent service provider.
		CLEC is often used as a general term for any competitor, but the term actually has legal implications.
		In exchange for the time and money spent to gain CLEC status, the CLEC is entitled to co-locate its equipment in the incumbent's central office, which saves the CLEC considerable expense.
	www.mujo.com /glossary.cfm?TermID=51 (196 words)

	FCC Chairman Powell Recommends Increased FCC Enforcement Powers for Local Telephone Competition
		FCC Chairman Michael Powell has recommended that Congress increase the forfeiture level imposed on common carriers violating local competition provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 from the current statutory limit of $1.2 million per violation to at least $10 million per violation.
		In the wake of the difficulties that have confronted many of the nation's competitive local exchange carriers ("CLECs") during the past several months, I would like to raise with you several issues that I believe are critical to the Commission's effective enforcement of the provisions of the 1996 Telecommunications Act.
		To this end, it is imperative that the Commission and State commissions, as partners in the enforcement scheme of the 1996 Act, be vigilant in ensuring that incumbent local exchange carriers ("ILECs") meet their obligations under the statute.
	www.fcc.gov /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/News_Releases/2001/nrcc0116.html (833 words)

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		CLECs and ILECs do not have an automatic obligation to provide cost support for tariff filings involving a promotional service offering so long as the promotional offering does not result in any type of price increase to customers.
		CLECs and ILECs are relieved from an automatic obligation to provide cost support for tariff filings involving the offering of joint or bundled service packages.
		CLECs and ILECs are permitted to file tariffs with changes in their rates and charges for existing noncompetitive toll services alone that can become effective with a 1-day’s notice; a 16-day notice period is required for the filing of a new toll service or the specific noncompetitive services defined in 66 Pa. C.S. § 3008(a).
	www.puc.state.pa.us /telecom/docs/appendd.doc (1519 words)

	What is CLEC? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary
		Important to CLEC telecommunications networking is the availability of unbundled network elements or UNEs (through a collocation arrangement).
		With the local loop, CLECs will be able to connect their switches with the ILEC's switches, thus giving them access to ILEC customers.
		CLEC status is very beneficial, especially for ISPs, who may easily get access to the copper loops and other switching elements necessary to provide xDSL services.
	www.webopedia.com /TERM/C/CLEC.html (255 words)

	Public Utility Commission FAQ--Telecom Providers Defined
		A telecommunications provider may be a competitive provider, competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC), interexchange carrier (IXC), shared service provider, reseller, telecommunications utility, telecommunications cooperative, or telecommunications association.
		According to ORS 759.005(2)(a), a competitive provider is a "telecommunications service provider which has been classified as such by the Public Utility Commission pursuant to ORS 759.020." A competitive provider may offer local exchange service and/or interexchange service.
		Under ORS 759.005(1)(b)(B) and ORS 759.025(2), a telecommunications cooperative or association is one of 11 incumbent local exchange carriers that does not provide intrastate telecommunications service to the public in Oregon.
	www.oregon.gov /PUC/telecom/define.shtml (704 words)

	TELUS International Carrier Services - Competitive Local Exchange Carriers
		The Local Network Interconnection and Component Unbundling service is made available to Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC) under Carrier Access Tariff 210.
		Local Number Portability (LNP) - Access to Service Control Point ("SCP") is an arrangement that provides Interconnecting Carriers (ICs) with the capability to access a SCP database to obtain information pertaining to the terminating location of a telephone call to a telephone number identified as a portable number.
		The Interconnecting Carrier provides and leases to TELUS sufficient additional outside fibre optic cable to allow TELUS to place the fibre optic cable from the meet point to the transition cabinet.
	www.telus.com /carrier/products/localexchange_interconnection.html (860 words)

	PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 03-1385
		Therefore, CLECs are of the opinion that ''LATA wide'' or even Statewide local calling promotes competition and could benefit the consumer in that it may allow CLECs to compete with local exchange providers as well as interexchange carriers.
		Furthermore, CLECs are of the opinion that reciprocal compensation is the appropriate intercarrier compensation that should apply between CLECs and ILECs when the CLEC's local calling area is larger than the ILEC's.
		As part of this Commission's ongoing initiatives to implement competition in the telecommunications area, consistent with State and Federal law, we believe that it is appropriate to open a generic, on-the-record investigation into the impact on intercarrier compensation where the calling areas of local exchange companies, whether CLEC, ILEC, or other, differ.
	www.pabulletin.com /secure/data/vol33/33-28/1385.html (1700 words)

	Montana HB HB0567
		registered with the commission to provide local telephone exchange service in Montana through the use of its own telecommunications facilities, unbundled network elements, or some combination of the two, that is providing local telecommunications service in an area served by an incumbent local exchange carrier.
		(b) on February 8, 1996, was considered to be a member of the exchange carrier association pursuant to 47 CFR 69.601(b) or is a person or entity that, after that date, became a successor or assign of a member of the exchange carrier association.
		(b) While the complaint is pending, the interexchange carrier must be relieved of the obligation to pay that portion of the competitive local exchange carrier's rates that exceed the rates established in subsection (2).
	data.opi.state.mt.us /bills/2001/billhtml/HB0567.htm (1186 words)

	Registration as a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC)
		A Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) is a company that offers a local residential or business service in competition with the telephone companies that provided service prior to the introduction of competition in local service.
		In Local Competition, Telecom Decision CRTC 97-8, 1 May 1997 (Decision 97-8), the Commission required all CLECs wishing to enter the market to file specified information with the Commission.
		CLECs are identified with file number CRTC 8180-C12-08/00.
	www.crtc.gc.ca /Eng/INFO_SHT/t1014.htm (584 words)

	65 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES - REGULATORY
		"Incumbent local exchange carrier" (ILEC) means a local exchange carrier (defined herein) or its successor that provided local exchange service in a defined service territory in Maine on February 8, 1996.
		exchange carrier's schedule approved by the Commission is
		A "local exchange carrier" (LEC) is a telephone utility, as defined by 35-A M.R.S.A. 102(19), that provides telephone exchange service or interexchange access service within a telephone exchange pursuant to authority granted by or under Private and Special Law of the State of Maine; or Public Law 1895, ch.
	www.state.me.us /mpuc/doing_business/rules/part_2/ch-280.htm (1653 words)

	Weighing Your Options (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Local telephone companies are required to provide residential customers with voice-grade, flat-rate service, within the customer's local calling area.
		Customers have the right to change local service providers without having to change their telephone number, provided that the customer remains at the same location.
		CLEC Facilities-Based - A competitive local exchange carrier that owns its facilities (i.e., buildings, switches, wires and other hardware) for the purpose of transmitting local service to residential and business customers.
	www.psc.state.md.us /psc./Info/brochures/weighingyouroptions.htm (813 words)

	40 KAR 2:077. Update of zero call list.
		This administrative regulation establishes the requirements for updating the zero call list by local exchange carriers and competitive local exchange carriers.
		(1) The zero call list shall be updated by each local exchange carrier or competitive local exchange carrier providing telephone service to Kentucky consumers.
		(1) Each local exchange carrier or competitive local exchange carrier shall be issued a user name and password to transfer the update information.
	www.lrc.state.ky.us /kar/040/002/077.htm (225 words)

	Local Telephone Service - Michigan in Brief
		Since the federal Telecommunications Act requires only that competition be available and possible, Ameritech argued that its interconnection agreements, resale of its complete service, and sale of individual service components each allow for full competition—all that remained was for a competitor to choose to enter the market.
		An example of a conflict is when CLECs that want to build their own local telephone infrastructure are asked to pay right-of-way use charges, but the ILECs either had not been required to pay them or were charged substantially less than the amount being asked of the CLECs.
		Telephone competition is bringing confusion and turmoil to consumers; popular culture is rife with derisive jokes about the number of telephone calls received during the dinner hour asking consumers to switch their long-distance service.
	www.michiganinbrief.org /edition06/text/issues/issue-43.htm (3101 words)

	Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) - Cell Phone Glossary - Mobiledia
		Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) - Any telephone company that offers service in a specific area.
		New ones entering a market are Competitive Local Exchange Carriers.
		The original telephone company at the time of deregulation is known as the Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (See also "ILEC").
	www.mobiledia.com /glossary/73.html (112 words)

	PRESS RELEASE TelePacific Communications to Acquire Arrival Communications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Closing of the transaction, which is expected in the first quarter of 2007, is subject to customary closing conditions and receipt of applicable state and federal regulatory approvals.
		TelePacific Communications is a facility-based Competitive Local Exchange Carrier that serves customers throughout California and Las Vegas, Nevada directly and, in Chicago, Illinois, through Mpower Communications of Illinois.
		Headquartered in Los Angeles, the company is the leading competitive carrier in California and Las Vegas, with customer care centers in Los Angeles and Stockton in California and Las Vegas in Nevada.
	www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=192112 (594 words)

	CLEC Audit
		In the United States, a CLEC (competitive local exchange carrier) is a telephone company that competes with the already established telephone company, either by reselling or leasing facilities from the established telephone company or by providing its own network and switching.
		The term distinguishes new or potential competitors from established local exchange carriers (LECs) and was made possible by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which was intended to promote competition among phone service providers.
		There are hundreds of CLEC's in the United States, in fact there is probably more than one in your area.
	www.clecaudit.com (130 words)

	XO. Carrier Product Portfolio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		With assets that directly compete with those of the largest telecommunications service providers, XO serves carriers and service providers of various sizes.
		XO understands that carriers and service providers need more than just bandwidth to satisfy their customers.
		Schedule a person-to-person meeting with XO Carrier Services at an upcoming trade show.
	www.xo.com /products/carrier (225 words)

	Windstream Wholesale Product Management
		Your company will receive carrier notifications when there are network changes and updates that could affect your business.
		As set forth by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) and TELCORDIA standards, the Access Service Request (ASR) is a form used by a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) to request that the Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) provides Special Access or Switched Access Services as specified in the various Access Service Tariffs.
		Local Service Providers are now invited to form a relationship with Windstream.
	www.windstream.com /wholesale/product.aspx (665 words)

	Concentric Network Files for Competitive Local Exchange Carrier Status - CLEC - Company Business and Marketing ...
		This CLEC status will give the company the option to offer it's own facilities-based services for offerings like DSL, although a final decision to become facilities based has not been made yet.
		Equally important and of immediate impact, CLEC status will allow Concentric to resell existing ILEC services and to purchase ILEC transport services at wholesale rates under its newly acquired status as a common carrier.
		Concentric expects the two-fold process of obtaining state approvals for CLEC status, and the completion of Interconnect agreement negotiations with the various ILECS, to be completed by the end of 2000.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BFP/is_1999_Dec_20/ai_58309467 (515 words)

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