Prepaid World Index Glossary
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| Tariff - - A public document filed with the FCC or a
PUC that outlines services and rates. Usually, all customers are offered the
same rate for a specific service, based on published constraints. |
| Telecard - - Same as a phone card or calling card. |
| TDD - - Telecommunications Device for the Deaf |
| Telco - Telephone Company - - The local or regional
telephone company that owns and operates lines to customer locations and Class
5 Central Office Switches. Telcos have connections to other COs, Tandem (Class
4 Toll) offices and may connect directly to IECs like WorldCom, AT&T, MCI,
Sprint, LDDS, etc. |
| Termination gateway - - The computer equipment
configured with certain hardware and software, which provides the electronic
"bridge" from an IP network to the PSTN to connect to the destination
telephone. |
| Third Party Billing - - Use of an outside service
bureau for bill processing such as: call rating, customer invoicing,
collections, etc. |
| Time of Day Routing - - Route calls based on the time
the call originates. (e.g. direct morning calls to East Coast operators and
afternoon calls to West Coast operators, etc.). SMS/800 supports 15 minute time
intervals. |
| Toll - - A rated call (Contrast CDR - unrated call
detail record). Tolls appear on the Invoice Detail. |
| Toll Call - - A call with incremental use
(minute-by-minute) charges. (Often through a Class 4 Toll Office). |
| Toll Fraud - - A crime in which a "hacker" obtains
telecommunication services by: breaching computer security, using or selling
stolen long-distance credit-card codes, or, accessing a PBX and using its
communication facilities illegally. Toll Fraud is estimated to cost U.S.
companies $1.2 billion/year. |