Central Office Switch definition

Central Office Switch means a switch used to provide Telecommunications Services, including, but not limited to:
Central Office Switch. (Central Office) is a switching entity within the public switched telecommunications network, including but not limited to:
Central Office Switch means a Switch used to provide Telecommunications Services, including, but not limited to: "End Office Switches" which are used to terminate End User Customer station Loops, or equivalent, for the purpose of interconnecting to each other and to trunks; and "Tandem Office Switches" (or "Tandem Switches") are used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among other End Office Switches. CLEC Switch (es) shall be considered Tandem Office Switch (es) to the extent such Switch (es) serve(s) a comparable geographic area as CenturyLink's Tandem Office Switch. A fact-based consideration by the Commission of geography should be used to classify any Switch on a prospective basis. "Centralized Automatic Message Accounting" or "CAMA" trunks are trunks using MF signaling protocol used to record Billing data.

Examples of Central Office Switch in a sentence

  • A Central Office Switch connection that is capable of, and has been programmed to treat the circuit as, connecting to another switching entity, for example, to another carrier’s network.

  • CLEC with multiple common blocks within the same Central Office Switch may have network access register and private facility trunk groups aggregated across multiple common blocks.

  • A Central Office Switch may also be employed as a combination End Office/Tandem Office Switch.

  • A location is defined as the site where Qwest facilities (cable plant from the serving Central Office Switch) meet CLEC facilities (inside wire).

  • A location is defined as the site where CenturyLink facilities (cable plant from the serving Central Office Switch) meet CLEC facilities (inside wire).


More Definitions of Central Office Switch

Central Office Switch. A switch used to provide Telecommunications Services including
Central Office Switch means a switch, including, but not limited to an End Office Switch, a Tandem Switch and/or a combination End Office/Tandem Switch.
Central Office Switch means a switch used to provide Telecommunications Services, including, but not limited to: 17.1 “End Office Switches” which are used to terminate Customer station Loops for the purpose of interconnection to each other and to trunks; and 17.2 “Tandem Office Switches” or “Tandems” which are used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among other Central Office Switches.
Central Office Switch means a Switch used to provide Telecommunications Services, including, but not limited to:
Central Office Switch means the switching entity within a Central Office building in the Public Switched Telecommunications Network. The term “Central Office” refers to the building, whereas the term “Central Office Switch” refers to the switching equipment within the building, but both terms are sometimes used interchangeably. The term “Central Office” is sometimes used to refer to either an End Office or a Tandem Office. Central Offices are also referred to by other terms, some of which are:
Central Office Switch means/refers to the switching entity within a Central Office building in the Public Switched Telecommunications Network. The term “Central Office” refers to the building, whereas the term “Central Office Switch” refers to the switching equipment within the building, but both terms are used interchangeably. The term “Central Office” is sometimes used to refer to either an End Office or a Tandem Office. Central Offices are also referred to by other synonymous terms, some of which are:
Central Office Switch a switch used to provide telecommunications services including (1) "End Office Switches" which are Class 5 switches from which end-user Exchange Services are directly connected and offered, and (2) "Tandem Office Switches" which are Class 4 switches which are used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among central office switches. Central office switches may be employed as combination end office/tandem office switches (combination Class 5/Class 4).