The Telecommunications Act of 1996 Mandated That the Existing Local

question 2

Multiple Choice

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 mandated that the existing local telephone companies,now called ____,must give CLECs access to their telephone lines.

• A) private Branch Exchange (PBX)
• B) Centrex (central office exchange service)
• C) incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs)
• D) interexchange carriers (IECs)

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Definitions:

AAC

Advanced Audio Coding, a standardized, lossy compression and encoding scheme for digital audio, designed to be the successor of MP3 that offers better sound quality.

ADC

Analog-to-Digital Converter, a system that converts analog signals into digital data.

WMV

Windows Media Video, a video compression format developed by Microsoft, used for storing and streaming digital video content.

SD

An abbreviation for Secure Digital, a non-volatile memory card format used in portable devices such as digital cameras and smartphones.