extended-area service
extended-area service
[ik¦stend·əd ¦er·ē·ə ′sər·vəs] (communications)
Telephone exchange service, without toll charges, that extends over an area where there is a community of interest, often in return for a somewhat higher exchange service rate.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.