Term: PIC Freeze
A PIC freeze is a request to the local carrier that in most cases will prevent the long distance service from being changed to another, usually unauthorized, carrier without written notice from the consumer. A situation call Slamming occurs when an authorized person changes long distance service, often to one that cost more.
PIC – Primary Interexchange Carrier. Each Long Distance carrier have their own code that tell the local carrier to whose system the long distance call should be sent. This code is called the PIC Code, sometimes, PICC.
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