# Electronic Communication Service Provider Electronic communication service provider is a statutory category used in surveillance law. Under [[FISA Section 702|Section 702]], qualifying providers can receive directives requiring assistance with authorized acquisitions. ## Notebook evidence [[Scanned_20260730-1830]], PDF pages 4 and 18, moves from named infrastructure such as [[AT&T]] and [[Room 641A]] to the more general legal role of an order recipient. The category should not be reduced to one company or one collection method. ## Boundary That a company falls within a broad statutory category does not establish that it received a directive, what it produced, or whether any source-notebook subject was affected. ## Source - [[Scanned_20260730-1830]], PDF pages 4 and 18.