In February 2018, an up and coming VoIP service provider contacted Advanced Technologies and Services, Inc. about performing a USF traffic analysis before their next quarterly filing. With the 'Safe Harbor' rate set at 64.9% and the quarterly contribution factor increasing to an all time high of 19.5%, D3 Unified Communications decided it was time to explore the option of performing a traffic study.

Within 1 week, we had a data sample from D3 and provided a free high level estimate of what their actual PIU would be if we completed the traffic study. Our quick analysis on the data estimated that their actual PIU would be less than half of the 'Safe Harbor' rate of 64.9%. The decision to perform the traffic study became an easy one to make as the savings were very evident.

With the next 499 filing due just weeks away, D3 quickly gathered the 3 months of call detail records (CDRs) required to run the analysis. ATS collected the CDRs, ran the traffic study, statistically validated the results, and generated the final report for D3 in time for their filing.