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"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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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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