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2 unusual facts about Local exchange carrier


Bill2phone

Bill2Phone is an alternative payment system that allows purchasers of eCommerce digital content (consumers) to charge transactions to their Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) telephone bill.

Local exchange carrier

Number portability - The duty to provide, to the extent technically feasible, number portability in accordance with requirements prescribed by the Commission.


Toll-free telephone numbers in the United States

Canadian numbers are an exception as they are drawn from the same SMS/800 pool as other North American Numbering Plan countries, although the arbitrary distinctions between Local Exchange Carrier/Interexchange carrier, intrastate/interstate and the LATA structure are artificial US regulatory constructs which do not have direct parallels in Canada or any other nation.


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