AECN - Alternate Exchange Carrier A telecommunications company providing either local exchange service, interLATA service,or both Name

Identifies the competitive local exchange carrier ordering service.

VALID ENTRIES:

Alternate Exchange Carrier (AEC) full name in an expanded or abbreviated format.

USAGE: This field is conditional.

NOTE 1: Required when one or more of the following fields are populated on the ASR /ECI Form The Enhanced Customer Interface (ECI) is a process that enables customers and providersto communicate data elements that are either not national in scope or that requirea turn around time sooner than the ASR process allows.:
EOI = End Office Integration
NUMP = Number Portability Provides end user customers the ability to change local service providers for basic local exchange service without changing their telephone number.
TOGP = Toggable Parameters
SS7UB = Signaling System 7 Unbundled

DATA CHARACTERISTICS: 32 alpha characters

EXAMPLES: A B C  C O M M U N I C A T I O N S

NOTE 1: This example illustrates an expanded format.

EXAMPLES: A B C  C O M M

NOTE 1: This example illustrates an abbreviated format.