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high-cost serving area (HCSA)
- Definition
- Narrowly defined rate bands that clearly identify those areas where the cost of providing service is substantially higher than the average cost in other parts of the incumbent local exchange carrier's territory. (source: Glossary of Telecommunications Terms http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/INFO_SHT/t1010.htm)
- French
- zone de desserte à coût élevé (ZDCE)
- This term is used for
- HCSA
- HCSAs
- high-cost bands
- high-cost service areas
- high-cost serving areas
- high cost areas
- high cost bands
- high cost service areas
- high cost serving areas
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