SBC's long-distance service is being marketed to the approximately 900,000 Arkansans for whom the San Antonio Baby Bell is already the incumbent local exchange carrier (
ILEC).
Coopaca, the largest credit union on the island, had 14 branches already established throughout Puerto Rico that were operating without connectivity because the local
ILEC had not provided them the service.
With DSL the most popular migration choice, Gartner Dataquest analysts state that the
ILECs are capturing a significant portion of the displaced voice access lines.
Make sure the CLEC has a well-established relationship with an
ILEC, added Nancy Bedard, an analyst with The Yankee Group consultancy in Boston.
ILEC, based in Kusatsu, also located in the prefecture, is an international environmental nongovernmental organization formed in 1986 to promote environmentally sound management of lakes and reservoirs around the world.
The company is a family-oriented organization that successfully migrated from a monopoly incumbent local exchange carrier (
ILEC) to a dynamic competitive technology provider with a vast array of advanced product lines.
That AT&T is an
ILEC and Neutral Tandem is a CLEC does not by
Horry Telephone Cooperative's incumbent local exchange carrier (
ILEC) area encompasses nearly 1,200 square miles, and its competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) area expands the area to approximately 2,000 square miles.
These features address obstacles the Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (
ILEC's) have faced as they have tried to meet the large demand for DSL lines.
In most cases, the occupant is required to make its own much more costly arrangements for dedicated access via the Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier ("
ILEC"), the local Baby Bell, since the
ILEC is present in every building.
The easy culprit of these difficulties is the local
ILEC. The impediments that the
ILECs have created for the CLECs in ordering, provisioning and billing for services have been well documented.
* The FCC established procedures to reduce competitive carriers' dependence on the incumbent local exchange carriers (
ILEC) to gain access to on-premises wiring, while at the same time recognizing the varied needs of carriers and building owners.