local (telephone) loop

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• local loop — Also known as the last mile . The fixed copper wires that link a local telephone exchange to the homes of customers. The unbundling of the local loop refers to a process by which an incumbent telecommunications operator is obliged to offer to… …   Law dictionary

• Local number portability — This article is about telephone number portability on landlines. For telephone number portability on mobile phones, see Mobile number portability. Local number portability (LNP) for fixed lines, and full mobile number portability (FMNP) for… …   Wikipedia

• Telephone line — For the Electric Light Orchestra song, see Telephone Line (Electric Light Orchestra song). Phone pole with phone and mainly electric lines …   Wikipedia

• local loop —    That part of a communications circuit that connects subscriber equipment to equipment in a local telephone exchange. This link is often the most expensive and least efficient connection in the telephone company s system and is often a barrier… …   Dictionary of networking

• Local-loop unbundling — (LLU) is the regulatory process of allowing multiple telecommunications operators use of connections from the telephone exchange s central office to the customer s premises. The physical wire connection between customer and company is known as a… …   Wikipedia

• Telephone exchange — A telephone operator manually connecting calls with cord pairs at a telephone switchboard. In the field of telecommunications, a telephone exchange or telephone switch is a system of electronic components that connects telephone calls. A central… …   Wikipedia

• telephone — telephoner, n. /tel euh fohn /, n., v., telephoned, telephoning. n. 1. an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, esp. by an electric device. v.t. 2. to speak to or summon (a person) by telephone. 3.… …   Universalium

• Telephone — The telephone (from the el. τῆλε, tēle , far and φωνή, phōnē , voice ) is a telecommunications device that is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly speech), usually two people conversing but occasionally three or more. It is one of… …   Wikipedia

• Local loop — In telephony, the local loop (also referred to as a subscriber line) is the physical link or circuit that connects from the demarcation point of the customer premises to the edge of the carrier or telecommunications service provider s network. At …   Wikipedia

• Telephone number — A telephone number or phone number is a sequence of digits used to call from one telephone line to another in a public switched telephone network. When telephone numbers were invented, they were short as few as one, two or three digits and were… …   Wikipedia

• Telephone slamming — For other uses, see Slamming (disambiguation). Telephone slamming is an illegal telecommunications practice, in which a subscriber s telephone service is changed without their consent. Slamming became a more visible issue after the deregulation… …   Wikipedia