The survey compares the price of an international half-circuit with a domestic leased line of comparable distance.
Difference identified are in terms of ratios of costs within a country.
Data are also available for 1996 and 1997. The dispute with PTT Telecom Netherlands concerned the basis for tariffs for international leased lines. The dispute focused on the tariffs applied by PTT Telecom for the national half circuit of international leased lines. BTG questioned the very high ratio between the tariffs for international and equivalent national leased lines. The EIF created an ad hoc Working Group to review the situation.