[Asterisk-biz] carrier class names

[alex at pilosoft.com]

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Jason Becker wrote:

> > I've been having a hard time finding a straight answer on this---
> > maybe you all can help. It's a terminology question.
> > 
> > What is the name for the class of telephone carrier who provides 911
> > service, and the name of the class of telephone carrier who does not?

> Perhaps you're after the terms ILEC (Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier)  
> and CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier)?
Too bad that every ILEC and [I hope] every CLEC provides 911 service.

-alex