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April 20, 2009
How to Combat Traffic Pumping
At present carriers are pursing a number of steps to combat traffic pumping. These include:
• Non-payment and Filing Disputes
• Court Filings
• Lobbying for new FCC Rules & Regulations
• Rate Increases
Typically, traffic pumping is discovered 30-60 days after the fact, when a spike in billable charges appears on the carrier's invoice. Once they start traffic pumpers can continue to operate until they are discovered and stopped. Instead of waiting, carriers could take a more proactive approach to managing traffic pumping. Technology is available today that allows carriers to determine the costs associated with each end office and are using this information to identify high cost end offices and spikes in usage to those locations. As a result they are able to catch traffic pumpers when they begin ramping up.
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