NECA (National Exchange Carrier Association)

A not-for-profit organization of U.S. incumbent

local exchange carriers (ILECs), NECA administers the FCC’s access charge plan that determines the fees that interexchange carriers (IXCs) pay ILECs to complete calls. NECA also administers the Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) fund that supports telecommunications services for individuals who are speech and/or hearing impaired. The subsidiary Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) administers programs that provide support for ILEC companies in high-cost areas, assistance for low income subscribers, discounts for telecommunications service to schools and libraries, and discounts to rural health care providers. See also FCC, ILEC, IXC, TRS, and USAC.

• rt (real-time)
• RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol)
• RTS (Request To Send)
• rt-VBR (real-time Variable Bit Rate)
• rule of thumb
• rule of thumb
• rules of engagement
• rules of engagement
• run-length encoding
• runt
• Rural and High Cost Program
• Rural Health Care Corporation (RHC)
• Rural Health Care Program
• Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Center (RIPE NCC)
• S
• SAN (Storage Area Network)
• SAPI (Service Access Point Identifier)
• SAR (Segmentation And Reassembly)
• satellite
• S band
• S-Band (Short [Wavelength] Band)
• SBE (Small Business Enterprise)
• SCAI (Switch-to-Computer Applications Interface)
• SCAI (Switch-to-Computer Applications Interface)
• scaling