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

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 comp...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Rural conditions. Telephone. User charges. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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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.
Item Description:	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. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.