"Phantom Traffic" -- Problems Billing for the Termination of Telephone Calls : Issues for Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural conditions.

Telephone.

User charges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (29 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Discusses termination by telephone companies of so-called "phantom traffic," which are telephone calls that do not have sufficient information or records for the local phone company to bill for access charges. Reviews causes of phantom traffic, its particular impact on rural telephone companies, and related issues and legislative proposals.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. "Phantom Traffic" -- Problems Billing for the Termination of Telephone Calls

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