common carrier ________________________________________________________________________ common carrier: In a telecommunications context, a telecommunications company that holds itself out to the public for hire to provide communications transmission services. Note: In the United States, such companies are usually subject to regulation by Federal and state regulatory commissions. Synonyms carrier, commercial carrier, communications common carrier, [and, loosely] interexchange carrier.
________________________________________________________________________ These definitions were prepared by ATIS Committee T1A1. For more information on the work related to these definitions, please visit the ATIS website. This HTML version of Telecom Glossary 2K was last generated on February 28, 2001. References can be found in the Foreword. On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 23:24, Ruben Safir wrote: > common carrier > One entry found for common carrier. > > > Main Entry: common carrier > Function: noun > : a business or agency that is > available to the public for > transportation of persons, goods, or > messages > > > For More Information on "common carrier" go to Britannica.com > > Get the Top 10 Search Results for "common carrier" > > > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
