NFL city footprint
n.— «Las Vegas-based CommPartners intends to cover 95 percent of domestic U.S. local calling areas with its IP/PSTN CLEC network by year’s end. It already has more than 20 state certifications and available city numbers in most major cities, what the industry calls an “NFL city footprint.”» —“CommPartners lights up Hawaii” Pacific Business News (Honolulu, Hawaii) May 2, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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