(“slick”) or DLC - DLC stands for Digital Loop Carrier. (An SLC is an AT&T variety.) Beginning in the 1980s, to save money -- copper loops are relatively expensive -- telcos began to install DLC frames around their existing wire centers, particularly in fast-growing districts, to provide for the flood of new lines required. These local concentrators, although digital and fiber optic, were designed before DSL was popular and do not support it. It is estimated that nationally around 20% of US telephone lines are served from a DLC (the percentages vary slightly depending on the telephone company in question).
SUBSCRIBER LINE CHARGE. A monthly fee paid by telephone subscribers that is used to compensate the local telephone company for part of the cost of installation and maintenance of the telephone wire, poles and other facilities that link your home to the telephone network. These wires, poles and other facilities are referred to as the "local loop." The SLC is one component of access charges.
Subscriber line card. A line module in the Cisco 6200 that provides data and voice communication between the Cisco 6200 node and up to 8 subscribers over copper telephone lines. The SLC is available in DMT and CAP versions.
A monthly access charge paid by telephone subscribers that is used to compensate the local telephone company for a portion of its costs to install and maintain telephone wires, poles and all other facilities.
Subscriber Line Charge. A monthly fee paid by telephone subscribers that is used to compensate the local telephone company for part of the cost of installation and maintenance of the telephone wires, poles and other facilities that link your home to the telephone network. This charge will appear on the bill sent to you by your local phone company.
Subscriber Line Charge. pronounced "slick" - The charge that covers the cost of providing local telephone lines to deliver telecommunications services. The state SLC pays the costs associated with intrastate and local exchange services. The Federal SLC covers the costs pertinent to interstate and international services. On the Federal level this charge may appear on the telephone bill as: "FCC Charge for Network Access." "Federal Line Cost Charge," "Interstate Access Charge," "Federal Access Charge," "Interstate Single Line Charge," "Customer Line Charge" or "FCC-Approved Customer Line Charge."
Subscriber line charge. an amount (determined by the FCC) that each wireline user must pay for the use of that telephone service. The amount of the SLC depends on the number of lines into a house and whether those lines are used for business or residential purposes. Ten- plus dialing or 10-10-XXX dialing: a specific seven-digit number (10-10 followed by a three-digit access code) that is used by a consumer to access a specific long-distance company's network for telephone calls. Customers don't normally need to dial in this number unless they want to use a long-distance company other than the one they have designated as their primary carrier or they have yet to select a primary carrier.
Subscriber Line Charge. A monthly fee paid by telephone customers. The money is used to compensate the local telephone company for part of the cost of maintenance and installation of the telephone wire, poles, and other facilities that link a customer's home to the telephone network.
Subscriber Line Charge. FCC term to describe current access charges that appear on a customerâ€(tm)s bill.