FORD - Facility Order Number

Identifies the provider service order A record that describes a customer request to establish, change, or terminate a service. It contains all information required to meet a customer's needs. number for the trunk Denotes a communications path connecting two switching systems in a network, used in the establishment of an end-to-end connection. facility.

USAGE: This field is conditional.

NOTE 1: Required when the ACT field on the ASR Access Service Request Form is "N" or "D", the FCKT field is populated and the RT field is "F".

NOTE 2: Prohibited when the RT field is “S”.

NOTE 3: Otherwise optional.

DATA CHARACTERISTICS: 17 alpha/numeric characters

EXAMPLE: C 8 6 0 2 4 1 6