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  Wide Area Telephone Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In U.S. telecommunications, a Wide Area Telephone Service (WATS) is a toll service offering for customer dial-type telecommunications between a given customer [user] station and stations within specified geographic rate areas employing a single access line between the customer [user] location and the serving central office.
The first inward WATS area code issued was 800, with 888, 877, and 866 area codes being planned and implemented in the 1990s.
Telephone users within a designated area may call an inward WATS telephone number without having to pay a toll charge - the recipient pays for the calls at a flat rate or other predetermined rate.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wide_Area_Telephone_Service   (321 words)

  
 Telephone
The early history of the telephone is a confusing morass of claim and counterclaim, which was not clarified by the huge mass of lawsuits which hoped to resolve the patent claims of individuals.
This is a telephone switch that defines its own local phone number range, which is commonly embedded in a public local phone number range.
On the opening of the telephone exchange in Budapest, 1881, Nikola Tesla became the chief electrician to the telephone company (engineer to the Yugoslaviann government and the country's first telephone system).
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/t/te/telephone.html   (4248 words)

  
 Learn more about Telephone in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The telephone or phone is a telecommunications device designed to transmit speech by means of electric signals.
The industry was early on divided into telephone equipment manufacturers and telephone network operators (telcos), the latter often holding a national monopoly.
In the United States, the Bell System was vertically integrated: it fully or partially owned the telephone companies that provided service to about 80% of the telephones in the country and also owned Western Electric, which manufactured or purchased virtually all the equipment and supplies used by the local telephone companies.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /t/te/telephone.html   (1035 words)

  
 revrul80-34
The communications tax ememption for common carriers does not apply to amounts paid for wide area telephone service (WATS) by travel agencies that sell tours to ghe general public but charter the necessary aircraft and buses from airlines and bus companies; Rev. Rul.
Both X and Y subscribe to the wide area telephone service (WATS) that is used exclusively in their charter tour divisions.
Section 4253(f) provides common carriers with an exemption from the WATS tax for toll telephone service used in the conduct of their business as common carriers.
www.taxlinks.com /rulings/1980/revrul80-34.htm   (550 words)

  
 AN ACT CONCERNING THE EQUAL REGULATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.
A tariff filing for a competitive or emerging competitive service shall include (1) rates and charges which may consist of a maximum rate and a minimum rate, (2) applicable terms and conditions, (3) a statement of how the tariff will benefit the public interest, and (4) any additional information required by the department.
Such service standards shall be sufficiently comprehensive to ensure that a telephone company meets its obligations under 47 USC 251.
To amend the statutes regarding the classification of telecommunications services and the imposition of sanctions for failure to comply with quality of service requirements and to apply, to certified telecommunications providers, requirements concerning the termination of residential service for nonpayment of a delinquent account.
www.cga.ct.gov /2005/tob/s/2005SB-01097-R00-SB.htm   (1667 words)

  
 Multi-exchange paging system for locating a mobile telephone in a wide area telephone network - Patent 5153902
Mobile registration is the process by which a mobile telephone unit becomes listed as being present in the service area of one of the mobile exchanges in a mobile telephone service network.
Whenever a mobile subscriber moved from one local area to another, its registration in the local area from which the mobile subscriber had just departed was automatically cancelled and a new registration was established in the local area in which the mobile subscriber had just arrived.
The Yotsutani approach apparently presumes a coverage area that is within the limits of a factory or a corporate headquarters and a location information signal for a specific telephone set which is static in the memory of the control unit.
www.freepatentsonline.com /5153902.html   (6784 words)

  
 Wide Area Telephone Service: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Wide Area Telephone Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In telecommunication, a Wide Area Telephone Service (WATS) is a toll service offering for customer dial-type telecommunications between a given customer [[[user]]] station and stations within specified geographic rate areas employing a single access line[?] between the customer [user] location and the serving central office.
With "inward WATS," subscribers are issued a toll-free telephone number, typically beginning with a designated toll-free area code such as "800" or "888," and anyone may call that number without having to pay a toll charge.
Note: The offering is for fixed-rate inter- and intra-LATA[?] services measured by zones and hours.
www.encyclopedian.com /wi/Wide-Area-Telephone-Service.html   (253 words)

  
 Apparatus and method for obtaining information in a wide-area telephone system with multiple local exchanges and ...
A telephone system wherein any one of a large number of telephones is connectible to a local directory assistance request processor.
The name of a subscriber whose telephone number is sought is entered through a connected telephone by spelling out the subscriber's name with the standard telephone push-buttons, using the grouped alphabetic designators on those buttons.
There, a voice-response device is activated by such code signals to send through the telephone voice channel of the requesting party speech signals identifying (1) the name of the subscriber, for verification, and (2) the telephone number of the subscriber.
www.freepatentsonline.com /4782509.html   (4548 words)

  
 Automatic number identification - Freepedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Automatic number identification is a feature of Inward WATS Service (Wide Area Telephone Service) which permits subscribers to display or capture the telephone numbers of calling parties.
The business is issued a distinctive telephone number beginning with a special area code such as "800" or "888".
It is very important to realize that, when calling an "800" or other toll-free number, your telephone number and telephone line type can always be captured by ANI equipment at the "800" number site -- whether or not you would otherwise be able to "block" transmission of your telephone number via Caller ID.
en.freepedia.org /ANI.html   (221 words)

  
 Data base communication call processing method - Patent 4191860
A method is disclosed for processing call data among telephone switching offices and a remotely situated data base system for deriving call service information needed to complete special service calls, such as INward WATS (Wide Area Telephone Service) calls to a destination specified by the derived information.
The local telephone office serving the calling station is responsive to the dialed number for routing the call to a toll office equipped with CCIS (Common Channel Interoffice Signaling) facilities and sending to that office the dialed number.
Next, the file of the originating area code is located in the first memory table and the entitlement of the call to be made from that originating area is verified by extracting the POTS number of the INWATS customer station preferably designated to serve the call.
www.freepatentsonline.com /4191860.html   (7320 words)

  
 Base de connaissance Télécom--W--Telecom Database
Service de Téléphonie Large Zone (telephone, réseau) Service de téléphonie proposé par les opérateurs téléphoniques aux USA à l'usage des clients qui ont besoin de transmettre de gros volumes d'appels sur de grandes distances.
Le service est fourni dans des zones selectionnées ou en terme de bande passante par le biais de lignes privées spécialisées (WAL) interconnectées au réseau public via des centraux spécialement équipés WATS.
Service d'informations sur le réseauInternet, crée au CERN(Centre Européen de la Recherche Nucléaire) à Genève en 1993, et mettant à la disposition des utilisateurs un ensemble distribué de documents multimédias composites reliés entre eux par des liens hypertextes.
lux.dmcs.p.lodz.pl /inf5/dictionnaires/dictionnaire_2/mp-glos_W.htm   (1630 words)

  
 Universal Service Report & Order: Section 13   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
We classify these service providers as "other providers of interstate telecommunications" because we find that private network operators that lease excess capacity on a non-common carrier basis are not common carriers or mandatory contributors under the first sentence of section 254(d).
Telecommunications carriers that provide payphone services must contribute on the basis of their telecommunications revenues, including the revenues derived from their payphone operations, because payphone revenues are revenues derived from end users for telecommunications services.
Because state universal service mechanisms must be consistent and must not conflict with the federal mechanisms, it is reasonable to conclude that section 254 grants the Commission the primary responsibility and authority to ensure that universal service mechanisms are "specific, predictable, and sufficient" to meet the statutory principle of "just, reasonable, and affordable rates."
www.fcc.gov /ccb/universal_service/fcc97157/sec13.html   (15881 words)

  
 Glossary - W   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A network that covers a larger geographical area than a LAN and where telecommunications links are implemented by the appropriate PTTs.
Unlimited use of a telephone circuit for specified periods, for a fixed charge.
A channel whose bandwidth is wide enough to accommodate multiple channels of lesser bandwidth.
support.intel.com /support/si/glossary/glossw.htm   (174 words)

  
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A service that allows you to make calls to or from certain areas for a flat-rate fharge based on expected usage.
Wide area network transmission media-microwave, infrared, satellite, and T1-are all better suited to network applications that require connectivity among multiple geographically distributed sites, or to those that require other special connectivity needs (e.g., as on a factory floor).
A user computer that is connected to a network and requests services from other nodes on the network, but does not provide services to other nodes.
www.35pickup.com /mulligan/w.htm   (1018 words)

  
 Ireland - Telephone Service Information, including area codes, payphones, operator services and home country direct, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Telephones, modems and other devices that support only North American caller-id protocols will not deliver CLIP when used on the Irish network.
This service is not available where CLI has been withheld by the caller or originating network.
The home country direct service allows you to reach an operator or automated call completion system run by your telephone company back home so you can make collect and or chargecard calls, check voice mail and use any other services available to you in accordance with your home country direct chargecard agreement.
www.iol.ie /~discover/ndc.htm   (1508 words)

  
 Telephone Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Telephone installation will be limited to the simplest and most economical combination of lines, instruments, and auxiliary devices capable of satisfying basic and normal communications requirements without imposing unreasonable delay on the transaction of official business.  Prestige and convenience features that are "nice-to-have," but unessential are not authorized (see enclosure 1 to
Telephones will be used only for official business except in cases of emergency.
Designating a WHS Telephone Service Control Officer to serve as the point of contact to accomplish coordination with the DTS-W, to administer the Telephone Service Management Program for organizations supported by the WHS, and to certify CandP/DTS-W invoices for payment.
www.dtic.mil /whs/directives/corres/xml/ai1x.xml   (1040 words)

  
 Glossary of Terms - W (Zarlink Semiconductor)
Wide Area Network - a type of communications network that utilizes local area telephone lines to connect dispersed sites.
Symmetric digital services are chosen for applications where both upstream and downstream capacities are equally critical to the end user.
Connection between individual LANs when the LANs are connected by wide area links (links provided by carriers).
products.zarlink.com /Glossary/w.htm   (422 words)

  
 WIDE AREA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Translations for "WIDE AREA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
telefontjeneste for stort område (WATS, wide area telephone service), fjerndatanet (has a transmission speed of 50 kb/s and a high error rate, long distance network, long haul network, toil network, wide area network).
WATS (wide area telephone service), service téléphonique à grande zone (wide area telephone service), service interurbain planifié (wide area telephone service), réseau public analogique (wide area network), réseau longue distance (wide area network), réseau grande distance (wide area network), réseau étendu (wide area network), réseau à grande distance (wide area network).
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/WIDE+AREA   (146 words)

  
 American Tower Corporation Dictionary of Terms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The length of one complete wave of an alternating or vibrating phenomenon, generally measured from crest to crest or from trough to trough of successive waves.
Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) is defined as a medium of mass communications.
Format used in which binary data and control information to be sent to a remote device is encoded by the application of the MED.
www.americantower.com /MainWeb/lookup.asp?ID=w   (388 words)

  
 8. Installation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The System must interface with the local telephone company's central office for outgoing trunks, incoming trunks, Wide Area Telephone Service (WATS), tie lines, foreign exchange, T1 and other common carrier service accesses.
Vendor will be responsible for coordination with the local or long distance telephone company to order all service and establish the demarcation point or minimum point of penetration within the building between Vendor provided equipment and that which is provided by the local telephone company.
All telephone signal circuits entering/leaving any PABX building and power circuits, if not now protected, shall be protected from lightning and power system induced voltage transients with appropriate protective devices (e.g.
cnswww.cns.cwru.edu /phone/telephonesystem/installa.htm   (697 words)

  
 WATS - a Whatis.com definition - see also: wide-area telephone service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
WATS (wide-area telephone service) is a specialized form of fixed-rate long-distance telecommunication service.
There are three types of WATS lines: IN-WATS (for incoming calls), OUT-WATS (for outgoing calls), or a combination of both services.
IN-WATS lines have telephone numbers with certain area codes reserved expressly for that purpose, such as 800, 888, or 877.
searchnetworking.techtarget.com /sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci771774,00.html   (209 words)

  
 Foothills Rural Telephone Service
Rates are lower than for person-to-person calls and charging begins when the telephone you've called is answered.
Station-to-station Long Distance calls may be made without charge to you to those customers who have inward Wide Area Telephone Service.
A telephone calling card is a convenient way of making long Distance Calls when away from home.
www.foothills.net /ldtypes.html   (358 words)

  
 Red River Rural Telephone Association Philosophy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Aim of Red River Rural Telephone Association (RRRTA) is to provide dependable area wide telephone service to all persons located in the area at the lowest cost consistent with sound economy and good management.
When you sign up to receive telephone service, you become a full voting member of the Cooperative.
Your telephone company has seven exchanges and each exchange has an elected member of the Board of Directors who serves as your representative.
www.rrt.net /Aboutus/Philtelephone.htm   (149 words)

  
 The Journal of Rehabilitation : An evaluation of an area-wide message relay program: national implications for ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
However, despite their potential as rehabilitation resources, little is known about the characteristics of these programs.
This paper reports the results of a study of a community-based service center for deaf people in a mid-Atlantic city.
A deaf person is functionally defined as someone whose hearing is so seriously impaired that he or she cannot understand speech even with a hearing aid (Shein and Delk, 1974).
static.highbeam.com /t/thejournalofrehabilitation/april011992/anevaluationofanareawidemessagerelayprogramnationa/index.html   (284 words)

  
 Y:\TCORDER\TC97-034.HTM
LDDH intends to subscribe to and resell all forms of telephone service including local dial tone services, Message Telephone Service, Wide Area Telephone Service, WATS-like services, Foreign Exchange Service, private lines, tie lines, access service, cellular service, local switched service and other services and facilities of communications common carriers and other entities.
The Commission finds that LDDH has met the legal requirements established for the granting of a certificate of authority and that there is good cause to waive subparagraphs (7), (8), and (12) of ARSD 20:10:24:02.
The Certificate of Authority for LDDH shall authorize it to offer local exchange services in those areas in South Dakota where U S WEST Communications, Inc. is the incumbent local exchange carrier.
www.state.sd.us /puc/tcorder/tc97-034.htm   (578 words)

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