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March 16, 2009
More than just NECA
When looking for tariffs for smaller ILECs, most people are familiar with the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA). However, this is not the only name in Carrier Association tariffs. ICORE, Inc contains interstate tariffs for various vendors throughout Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Minnesota. Likewise, John Staurulakis, Inc. has interstate tariffs for multiple vendors based mostly in the Carolinas. On the intrastate tariff side, many states have cooperatives or associations as well for the local ILECs. These include the Michigan Exchange Carrier Association, the Washington Exchange Carrier Association, the Pennsylvania Telephone Association, and the Nebraska Independent Telephone Association, to name just a few.
You can’t find individual tariffs for any of these vendors on Tariff sites like CCMI; you won’t even find any helpful concurrence pages to point you in the right direction. Having foreknowledge of these additional groups could save you a lot of time and frustration when researching independent carriers.
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