National Exchange Carrier Association
The National Exchange Carrier Association is a profit association created in 1984 by the Federal Communications Commission to administer the fees that long distance companies pay to access local telephone networks in the United States. Through the Federal Communications Commission's access charge plan, NECA helps ensure telecommunications and broadband services remain available and affordable in all parts of the country, especially areas served by small rural telecommunications companies.
NECA is mainly composed of rural and small telecommunications companies, and most of them are members of NECA.[1][2]
History
[edit]As part of the Breakup of the Bell System, the FCC announced the Access Charge Plan in December 1982. Under this plan, customers would pay a new flat monthly charge to their local exchange carrier to pay for access to the long-distance telephone network. The National Exchange Carrier Association was set up to collect the fees and distribute the funds.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Rick Barrett (23 Aug 2014). "Rural phone calls lost in web of 'least-cost-routing' services". Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 22 Nov 2014.
- ^ Barbara Ellestad (26 Nov 2013). "Telephone rate increase much smaller than requested". Mesquite Citizen Journal. Retrieved 22 Nov 2014.
- ^ Vietor, Richard H. K.; Davidson, Dekkers L. (1985). "Economics and Politics of Deregulation: The Issue of Telephone Access Charges". Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 5 (1). [Wiley, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management]: 3–22. ISSN 0276-8739. JSTOR 3323410. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ^ "MTS/WATS Market Structure: Phase I; rules for establishment and management of an exchange carrier association". Federal Communications Commission. 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
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