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Article #340Re: more updates
From: Kristian M Zoerhoff
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:31
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:31
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On 2012-03-10, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: > Geoff Gass <glg@tanzenmb.com> wrote: >>Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> wrote: > >>>It's still stupid but they have something up their sleeve with this billing >>>change, which is really all it comes down to. > >>Given ATT, I'd say don't ascribe to malice that which can be explained by >>incompetence. It's a gi-fucking-normous company where the left hand often >>has no idea what the right hand is doing. > >>At work, we have an interface to send incident tickets to them for circuit >>problems (ebonding) direct from our ticket system. Depending on what kind >>of circuit it is, it goes to one of at least *3* different ticket systems on >>their side, and that's only data circuits, we don't even use the interface >>for voice. and then, of course, if our guys have to call in to escalate or >>something, they have to make sure they pick the right phone number based on >>the kind of ATT ticket it is. call the wrong number and the ATT person has >>no idea what you're talking about and can't possibly transfer you to the >>right desk. > > I assume that the reverse isn't true, that you call the correct number > and reach someone who is helpful on the first try. Not sure about business accounts, but I saved level 2 and 3 DSL numbers in a notebook last time my residential line had trouble. Both were quite helpful, and not in India, to boot. -- Kristian M Zoerhoff
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From: Kristian M Zoerhoff <zoerhoff@sdf.org>
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Subject: Re: more updates
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