An organization that provides communications services. A private carrier can refuse to sell its services to an organization, whereas a "common carrier" is obligated to treat all customers equally. Contrast with common carrier.
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-21
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-03
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- Software downloads 2009-07-28
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- Discussion threads 2009-07-16
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- Discussion threads 2009-07-15
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- Blog posts 2009-06-18
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- Discussion threads 2009-06-16
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- Discussion threads 2009-04-30
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- Blog posts 2009-04-29
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- Discussion threads 2009-03-27
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- Software downloads 2009-02-25
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- Software downloads 2009-02-25
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- Software downloads 2009-02-25
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