In telecommunication, a private line is typically a telephone company service that uses a dedicated,

usually unswitched point-to-point circuit, but it may involve private switching arrangements, or

predefined transmission physical or virtual paths. Most private lines connect only two locations, but
some have multiple drop points. If the circuit is used for interconnecting switching systems, including
manual switchboards, it is often called a tie line.
Among subscribers to the public switched telephone network, the term private line is often
erroneously used to describe an individual telephone line for service for only one subscriber, as
opposed to a party line with multiple stations connected.
In radio or wireless telephony, Private Line is a term trademarked by Motorola to describe an
implementation of a Continuous Tone-Coded Squelch System (CTCSS), a method of using low-
frequency subaudible tones to share a single radio channel among multiple users. Each user group
would use a different low frequency tone. Motorola's trade name, especially the abbreviation PL, has
become a genericized trademark for the method. General Electric used the term Channel Guard to
describe the same system and other manufacturers used other terms.
A later digital version of a private line is called digital private line (DPL).
Advantages of private lines are:

 High security as one dedicated link is provided

 Always available
 Instant data transmission

See also[edit]
 Leased line
 Dedicated line
 Party line
 Lec billing
 Interexchange carrier

References[edit]
  This article incorporates public domain material from the General Services
Administration document: "Federal Standard 1037C".
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