Number: RL34550
Title: "Phantom Traffic" - Problems Billing for the Termination of Telephone Calls: Issues for Copngress
Authors: Charles B. Goldfarb, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: As explained in this report, phantom traffic is a more serious problem for small, rural telephone companies than for other telephone companies. One representative of these small carriers has claimed that "industry estimates show between 20% and 30% of ... intercarrier traffic cannot be billed because it lacks sufficient billing information."
Pages: 26
Date: June 27, 2008