Option whereby the telephone subscriber can pay a higher flat rate in order to obtain wider geographical coverage without additional per-call charges.
French: service régional (SR); le régional A local telephone service arrangement whereby customers in one exchange may call or be called by customers in one or more nearby exchanges, without incurring a long distance charge. Approximately 99 per cent of Bell Canada customers have some form of EAS. (See Section 1: community of interest.)
Refers to a larger than normal local telephone calling area, under specialized payment plans.
A type of telephone service whereby subscribers of a given exchange or area may complete calls to, and receive messages from, one or more other exchanges or areas without toll charges, or complete calls to one or more other exchanges or areas without toll message charges.
(EAS): An arrangement that allows a telephone customer to call an area(s) that was formerly long distance as part of the customers' local calling area. Subscribers in the affected areas share the costs associated with receiving the benefits of EAS.
A geographic area beyond the local service area to which traffic is classified as local for selected customers, i.e., telephone service that allows subscribers in one exchange to call subscribers of another exchange without a toll charge.
The expansion of a local calling area to include additional exchanges at local rates. EAS usually results in high local rates, but lower toll calling. Sometimes EAS is an option.
A service that allows a telephone customer to expand his or her free (or flat rate) local calling area by paying a set monthly fee for a certain period of time. The precise areas and fees require IURC approval.
Extended Area Service (EAS) is the ability to place local calls to other exchanges. Many companies do not charge separately for this service, but include it in the rate for local service. Other companies charge either a flat fee , a rate per call, or a rate per minute for these EAS calls.