| Local phone companies are classified in tiers based on the
amount of access charges they impose. For example, a Tier
A phone company charges less than a Tier C phone company.
Since it costs less to supply a Tier A customer with
service, the rates are lower for that customer. If you
have any questions regarding tiers feel free to give us a call: 800-99-VERAE
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Tier A Definition
RBOC - Bell South,
Qwest
(former US West), SBC
(incl. former Pacific Bell, Nevada Bell, Ameritech), Verizon
(portion of Verizon that was former Bell Atlantic & Nynex)
Tier B Definition
Central Telephone (Centel), Cincinnati
Bell, Contel,
Citizens Telephone Co.,
Frontier Telephone,
SBC (former SNET), Sprint/United, Verizon (portion of
Verizon that was former GTE)
Tier C Definition
Generally applies to CLEC's (ex. ICG, MCI Metro, Paetec,
Telepacific, XO Communications, etc.)
Tier D Definition
Any LEC not listed under Tier A, B or C - mostly independent
LEC's
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