Transmission Carriers in the U.S.
Local Telephony
- U.S. divided into 161 Local Access and Transport Areas (LATAs)
- In each LATA, there is a main carrier--the local telephone company.
- This company formerly had a monopoly on intra-LATA service.
- This firm is the local exchange carrier (LEC)
- CAP - Competitive Access Providers
- Refer to last class meeting for details