are the fees charged by the owner of a transmission or distribution network to producers that want to gain access to the grid.
Access charges can apply to both long-distance calling cards or your regular long-distance service. These fees are charged by local carriers to their customers for using the local network to place and receive long-distance calls. These charges may be made to both your long-distance carrier as well as to you, the consumer. The charge to the consumer is called subscriber line charge, or SLC, and is a flat monthly charge. For additional information, take a look at PICC below.
Charges a long distance provider pays to a local telecommunications company to complete long distance calls.
Access charges are fees that local carriers charge to their customer for using their local network to send and receive long distance calls. These charges can be made to both your long distance provider as well as you the consumer. This charge to the consumer is known as a SLC (Subscriber Line Charge), and is a flat monthly charge. (View PICC below)
The fees paid by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and long distance carriers to Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) for connecting their network Points-of-Presence (POPs) to their customers on their local networks.
A fee paid by a user to a utility for the ability to send or receive electricity or natural gas through its transmission or distribution systems.
Fees paid by long distance carriers to local telephone companies for use of local facilities to originate or terminate calls.
These are the fees that local carriers charge for using the local network to send and receive long distance calls. They can be both to the long distance carrier and to the consumer; the latter is a flat monthly charge that may be known as a SLC (Subscriber Line Charge). See also PICC.
Long distance companies pay local phone companies access charges to use their network for originating and terminating long distance calls. The charges are based on minutes of use. The fees are commonly passed through to customers. Since 1985, the PUC has approved intrastate access pricing on an individual company basis.
