Local exchange carrier
<communications> (LEC) A company allowed to handle local calls following the break-up of the Bell system in the US by anti-trust regulators.
These vary from Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) through to small independents such as Farmers Cooperative.
Local exchange carriers are not allowed to handle long-distance traffic.
This is handled by inter-exchange carriers (IXC) who are not allowed to handle local calls.
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