NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad
[ NNSquad ] Traffic Pumping
----- Forwarded message from Dave Farber <dave@farber.net> ----- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:21:59 -0500 From: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net> Subject: [IP] Traffic Pumping Reply-To: dave@farber.net To: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com> Begin forwarded message: > From: Charles Jackson <clj@JACKSONS.NET> > Date: November 30, 2009 10:03:48 AM EST > To: CYBERTELECOM-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM > Subject: Traffic Pumping > Reply-To: Telecom Regulation & the Internet > <CYBERTELECOM-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM> > > Traffic pumping has come up from time to time on this list. A recent > FCC > Order (24 Nov) sheds some light on these practices. > > See http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-09-103A1.pdf > > Here's an interesting quote: > > In 2005 and 2006, Farmers entered into a number of commercial > arrangements > with conference calling companies for the purpose of increasing its > interstate switched access > traffic and revenues. Under the agreements, conference calling > companies > sent their traffic to > numbers located in Farmers' exchange and, in return, Farmers paid the > companies money or other > consideration. The agreements resulted in a substantial increase in the > number of calls bound > for Farmers' exchange. As a result, the amounts of Farmers' monthly > bills to > Qwest for > terminating access charges rose precipitously. > > > > Chuck ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ----- End forwarded message -----