Rural radio service
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In telecommunication
in the United States
, a rural radio service is a public radio
service rendered by fixed stations on frequencies below 1000 MHz used to provide (1) Basic Exchange Telecommunications Radio Service
, which is public message
communication service between a central office and subscribers located in rural areas, (2) public message communication service between landline central offices and different exchange areas to which it is impractical to interconnect by any other means, or (3) private line
telephone
, telegraph, or facsimile
service between two or more points to which it is impractical to extend service via landline.
Telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, a rural radio service is a public radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
service rendered by fixed stations on frequencies below 1000 MHz used to provide (1) Basic Exchange Telecommunications Radio Service
Basic exchange telecommunications radio service
In telecommunication, a basic exchange telecommunications radio service is a commercial service that can extend telephone service to rural areas by replacing the local loop with radio communications. In the BETRS, non-government ultra high frequency and very high frequency common carrier and the...
, which is public message
Message
A message in its most general meaning is an object of communication. It is a vessel which provides information. Yet, it can also be this information. Therefore, its meaning is dependent upon the context in which it is used; the term may apply to both the information and its form...
communication service between a central office and subscribers located in rural areas, (2) public message communication service between landline central offices and different exchange areas to which it is impractical to interconnect by any other means, or (3) private line
Private line
In wired telephony, a private line or tie line is a service that involves dedicated circuits, private switching arrangements, and/or predefined transmission paths, whether virtual or physical, which provide communications between specific locations. Most private lines connect only two locations...
telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
, telegraph, or facsimile
Fax
Fax , sometimes called telecopying, is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material , normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device...
service between two or more points to which it is impractical to extend service via landline.