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Article #4697Re: time accuracy in telephone service billing
From: John R Ruckstuhl Jr
Date: Sun, 27 May 1990 01:53
Date: Sun, 27 May 1990 01:53
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In article <7560@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>, arnief@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Arnie Frisch) writes: > What's worse is that some start charges about 30 seconds after you've > completed dialing - > > IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER OR NOT YOUR CALL WAS COMPLETED! I've heard it alleged that MCI does this, so I asked an MCI customer service representative, who explained that has not been true for 10 years -- the switching equipment now in use allows them to begin charging when the call is answered. So I wonder (with no disrespect intended) whether this might be an urban myth based on obsolete information. Does anyone know a long-distance service which (still) does this? And, my original question, how does a telephone service provider maintain time-accuracy for billing, and how accurate is that time? -- John R Ruckstuhl, Jr UUCP: sphere!ruck (or hplabs!hp-lsd!sphere!ruck) DOMAIN: ruck%sphere@hp-lsd.cos.hp.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!pikes!aspen.craycos.com!sphere!ruck From: ruck@sphere.UUCP (John R Ruckstuhl Jr) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: time accuracy in telephone service billing Message-ID: <287@sphere.UUCP> Date: 27 May 90 01:53:18 GMT References: <285@sphere.UUCP> <1021@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> <7560@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> Organization: Private; Colorado Springs, CO Lines: 20