differences do occur in the forms among ILECs and in various regions, but the LSR form is relatively standardized and continues to be developed in the Ordering and Billing Forum (OBF) part of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS). The access service request (ASR) form is used for ordering wholesale facility circuits, such as T- 1s and T-3s. The ASR is generally recognized as a true standard, and has been developed over the course of about a dozen years in the OBF. Since Chapter 3 - Automating the Internet Infrastructure Supply Chain these standards exist, OSS vendors have been able to incorporate these forms, as well as regional variations, in their applications. The primary incentive for ILECs to cooperate with interconnection orders is to open OSSs to competition which is the ILECs' ticket to being approved to offer long-distance services. ILECs have fought vague requirements all along and often have been accused of doing only what is necessary to pass somewhat arbitrary OSS tests to gain long distance entry. Their benchmark is to offer parity, however, not to build an ideal environment for interconnection. Interconnection was (and is thus) built on the ILECs' embedded OSS base, comprising older mainframe systems and interface technologies designed for a monopoly business. The only models already in place to serve as a guideline are the electronic bonding networks ILECs use to exchange information with long-distance carriers. ILECs have employed some of this technology, but most of it has proven to be too expensive and cumbersome to provide a solution for local services. Various interface technologies, including the Web, have been used. What has resulted are slow, minimally integrated systems that act as the gatekeeper for the local access infrastructure. ILECs are becoming more OSS conscious as competition drives their need for automation, integration and contemporary applications. ILECs must provide better service in order to compete, both as wholesalers and retailers. Competition also