Telcos getting upset with fraud

From the, "make-them-fix-it" whining department comes this one:

"A group of six mid-size telcos have filed a proposal to the FCC urging it to curb what they see as a growing problem of “phantom traffic,” or unbillable minutes riding on their network.

Though the coalition isn’t proposing specific rules, its’ filing asks the FCC the require all carriers to transmit accurate and unaltered billing information, forward unaltered identifying information, route traffic based on the Local Exchange Routing Guide and comply with related enforcement provisions."

I just _must_ try to understand if they are thinking that all Vonage calls originating from a 212 area code are REALLY originating from NYC? I know of at least 4 people off the top of my head that have a 212 DIDs and the phone resides in London, UK. It's time to give up. There's no more life to breathe into the PSTN. It's dying. Let it die. Though I do like the "phantom traffic" moniker. ;)

Adam "voiploser" Uzelac