TELECOM Digest     Fri, 13 May 94 12:42:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 223

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    FCC Releases Fiber Deployment Analysis (Bob Keller)
    Radio by Phone (Gregory P. Monti)
    Query About 911 in MIDDLE of Phone Numbers (fico!rca@apple.com)
    Cable Management (John Holman)
    FTS2000/DCTN Policy (David Vaughan)
    Regulatory Analyst Opening (Phil Bullock)
    Searching For GE TC-1000 in NY Metro Area (mds1@delphi.com)
    Trying to Convert WAV Files to 3-Bit ADPCM (Richard De A'Morelli)
    Phone Line in Use Indicator From Radio Shack (John Lundgren)
    Re: AT&T Collect Calling Comes to Canada (Judith Oppenheimer)
    Re: NANP and Switches (Alan Leon Varney)
    Re: NANP and Switches (David A. Avery)
    Re: Call Display for New York (Tad Cook)
    Re: Emerging Cellular Systems (Silas E. Cheeseman)
    Re: Connect a Card Reader to a Cell Phone? (Steve Cogorno)
    Re: AT&T Major Billing Errors! (John Canning)

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Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 13:09:00 EDT
From: Bob Keller <rjk@telcomlaw.com>
Subject: FCC Releases Fiber Deployment Analysis


                  FCC RELEASES FIBER DEPLOYMENT ANALYSIS

The FCC has released a report entitled "Fiber Deployment Update - End
of Year 1993."

This report presents fiber deployment data and associated information
on interexchange carriers, regional Bell holding companies, urban
fiber systems, and non-Bell local operating companies.

Current estimates indicate that interexchange carriers increased their
deployed fiber by about 5.6% during 1993.  The local Bell operating
companies' deployed fiber grew by about 27% during 1993 and stood at
approximately 6.3 million fiber miles at the end of the year.  Total
1993 fiber reported by local operating companies exceeded 7.2 million
fiber miles.  Twenty urban fiber entities listed in this year's study
have deployed about 242,000 fiber miles by the end of 1993.

Other local operating company data in the study include data on fiber
rings, fiber trials and investment, as well as limited information on
deployed subscriber copper and fiber.

This report is available in the reference room maintained by the
Common Carrier Bureau's Industry Analysis Division at 1250 23rd
Street, N. W., Plaza Level.  Copies may be purchased by calling
International Transcription Service, Inc. (ITS) at (202) 857-3800.

For further information, contact Jonathan Kraushaar at (202) 632-0745 or
632-1368. 

    -FCC-

Bob Keller              Robert J. Keller, P.C.         Tel +1 301.229.5208
A.R.S. KY3R         Federal Telecommunications Law     Fax +1 301.229.6875
rjk@telcomlaw.com   finger me for FCC Daily Digest   CompuServe 76100,3333

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Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 06:43:52 EDT
From: Gregory P. Monti <gmonti@cap.gwu.edu>
Subject: Radio by Phone


An FM radio newsletter {FMedia!} notes that a Dallas firm, Media
Technology, is offering a service called Media Dialup.  Subscribers
can monitor live radio using touch tone commands.  214 330-8393.  I
think this is the company's main business number.

As a sampler, the firm allows you to listen to Dallas radio stations
using touch tone commands on 214 330-8821.  For FM, press 1.  For AM,
press 2.  To scan to the next lower station, press 4.  Next higher
station, press 6.  Ordinary toll charges apply.

I guess the market for this service is program directors and
consultants who want to hear what the big-market boys are doing.


Greg Monti          Arlington, Virginia, USA        gmonti@cap.gwu.edu

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Date: Fri, 13 May 94 06:33:11 -0700
From: fico!rca@apple.com
Subject: Query About 911 in MIDDLE of Phone Numbers


A local radio stations here (KBOB -- "Turn your knob to Bob") recently
had to change their phone number after a dismaying percentage of their
calls started connecting to 911.  Their old number had 911 in the
middle of the number.  I seem to remember reading something about that
here in the TELECOM Digest.  The radio station seems to be baffled
about the phenomenon.  What's the scoop on this?

(The 911 people tended to get a bit miffed when they ran "you are the
tenth caller" type contests ...)

I believe I remember hearing mention that phone switches typically
would be programmed to pick up on common misdialings of 911 (9911,
9111, etc) and connect them to 911 in the interests of safety, since
it would common for that number to be misdialed out of haste or panic.
But sometimes the programming was a bit TOO overzealous.  Is that the
deal?

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Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 08:37:03 CST
Subject: Cable Management
From: John Holman (holmanj@uwwvax.uww.edu)

 
I too am looking at cable management systems as well.  One thing that
is important to us is that the system software produces a good trouble
and work order tracking and reporting system.  We are installing level
3 voice cable to 110 type blocks on the wall and level 5 wiring for
data brought to rack mounted patch pannels.  Does anyone have any
regrets for using the rack mounting patch pannels for data?  We will
be using Cabletron hand Cisco routers.  Presently we have been using a
software that we cooked up here using Dbase IV.  It has worked well
but does not deal with IDFs very well. 

The strong side of the software is quick trouble entry and trouble
ticket production with all important info including: building name and
address, type of equipment (ie.. answering machine, Pots, or data port
to board level PACX, billing account number, jack number, room number, 
and maintanance account number.

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From: dvaughan@itd.nrl.navy.mil (David Vaughan)
Subject: FTS2000/DCTN Policy
Organization: Information Technology Division, Naval Research Laboratory
Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 14:30:37 GMT


I am looking for current and future (draft) policy regarding low bit
rate video (lbrv) over FTS-2000 and DCTN.  I am implementing dial-up
lbrv 384kbps over the FTS-2000 using Picture Tel System 4000 and
Teleos Model 40.  If you have any information that might help, please
let me know.


Thanks in advance,

David Vaughan    Dept. of Navy

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From: pbullock@xmission.com (Phil Bullock)
Subject: Regulatory Analyst Opening
Date: 13 May 1994 09:44:00 -0600
Organization: XMission Public Access Internet (801-539-0900)


                Utah CCS Seeks Regulatory Analyst
 
     The Utah Committee of Consumer Services has a Public Utility
Regulatory Analyst III position available. The Annual Salary will be
$31,884.00 to $39,610.00.  Regulatory Analyst is required to review
and analyze electric, natural gas, and telecommunications utility
operations to establish the reasonableness of operations, rates and
charges; prepare and present oral and written testimony as an expert
witness on behalf of residential, small business, and agricultural
interest during formal proceedings; participate in all aspects of
utility regulation; assist in formulation and articulation of public
policy interest and positions relative to utility operations; assist
the Committee of Consumer Services in fulfilling statutory responsi-
bilities.
 
      Minimum Qualifications: Master's degree in accounting, finance
or related field, plus four years of full-time paid professional
related employment, two years of which must have been with a public
utility or state regulatory commission, or substitutions on a year-
for-year basis as follows: related graduate level education for the
required employment, or full-time paid professional related employment
for the required education.  A rating of training and experience or
another method will be used to examine for this position.  Submit
current official state application (DHRM-7) and transcripts to
Department of Human Resource Management, 2120 State Office Building,
SLC, UT 84114 Opening date: 5-18-94 Closing date: 6-15-94 CTS.

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From: mds1@news.delphi.com (MDS1@DELPHI.COM)
Subject: Searching For GE TC-1000 in NY Metro Area
Date: 13 May 1994 03:48:25 -0000
Organization: Delphi Internet Services Corporation


My parents are looking to buy a new cellular phone, but can't seem to
find the GE TC-1000 anywhere in the NY metro area (including into
Fairfield County and anywhere within a reasonable distance from
Westchester Cty).  Their main concern is that they want to stick with
Cellular One so they don't lose all their benefits from their current
contract.  Any help as to a vendor who has the phone and who contract
w/Cellular One would be appreciated.  


Thanks in advance,

E-mail to the below address or post.

marc  <mds1@delphi.com>

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From: spectrum@kaiwan.com (Richard De A'Morelli)
Subject: Trying to Convert WAV Files to 3-Bit ADPCM
Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 16:19:15 -0500
Organization: Spectrum Universal, Los Angeles, CA


>> You can solve both problems at once with a ZyXEL modem.  Not only will
>> it decode DTMF tones, but it will also play audio directly to the
>> phone line.  If you convert your WAV files to, say, 3-bit ZyXEL ADPCM,

I have been looking for quite some time for a shareware package that
would convert WAV files to 3-bit ADPCM, which would be suitable not
only for Zyxel modems, but other telecom specific voice cards as well,
such as Dialogic, Pika AVA-4, New Voice, etc.  I am especially
interested in a utility for the Pika AVA-4 card -- the only one I know
of is a commercial package priced at about $500, which is far more for
a voice editor package than I can afford. Any help would be most appreciated.


Regards,

Richard De A'Morelli, Spectrum Universal

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From: sgiblab!kn.pacbell.com!jlundgre@uucp-gw-2.pa.dec.com (John Lundgren)
Subject: Phone Line in Use Indicator From Radio Shack
Date: 13 May 94 19:56:58 GMT
Organization: Pacific Bell Knowledge Network


This isn't another request for the phone line in-use indicator.  It's
a FAQ answer for the same.  Radio Shaft has:

Catalog Number 43-108 phone line in-use indicator

for those who are in need of such a thing (which seems quite often as
of lately).  I couldn't find the peg it came off of, so I can't tell
you what the price is.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: But a quick stock check at the local
'shack' on the computer there priced it at $12.99. It is just a little
plastic box with a short modular cord on the end. It plugs into any
phone outlet and sits wherever you place it. When a phone on that line
goes off hook, the LED lights up. Simple as they come. 

Radio Shack also has a new telephone/tape recorder combination which
is supposed to be very good for recording from phone lines. It has a 
modular plug on the end also and you just plug it into the phone line,
add the tape and turn it on. It goes on or off automatically when a
phone on the line goes off hook. I'll see it later today or over the
weekend for the first time.   PAT]

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Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 11:28:32 -0400
From: Judith Oppenheimer <producer@pipeline.com>
Subject: Re: AT&T Collect Calling Comes to Canada 


On May 5th Dave Liebold wrote:

> AT&T just announced the availability of its 1 800 CALL-ATT service
> in Canada. This now allows Canadian callers to place collect calls to
> U.S. destinations via AT&T. An introductory offer gives a 20% discount
> to the called party's charges, at least for the next several weeks.

> MCI's 1 800 COLLECT is still unavailable in Canada. There is a
> recording which says the service is hoped to be available "later this
> summer" -- a recording which is apparently still in place from *last*
> summer.

MCI released a statement a few days prior to AT&T's press release,
stating that it's 1-800-COLLECT offered Canadians collect calling
service into the U.S.  It gave the impression that the service is
available now.

What's up?


J. Oppenheimer    Producer@pipeline.com

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From: Alan.Leon.Varney@att.com
Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 18:51:25 +0500
Subject: Re: NANP and Switches
Organization: AT&T Network Systems


In article <telecom14.216.13@eecs.nwu.edu> jslupsky@pwss.gov.ab.ca
(James Slupsky) writes:

> Paul A. Lee wrote in his article:

>> CO codes in the N0/1X range have been around for some time, especially
>> in dense metropolitan NPAs, such as 212, 213, 312, 415, 202, etc..

> I don't believe this.  The whole purpose of the new NANP was to change
> from NNX to NXX, and to allow NXX type NPA's.  All switch routing
> software was designed to recognize that an NPA was N0X or N1X, and the
> CO code was NNX.

   You can believe what you want, but the NANP Administrator says:

 1951: Start of DDD
 1952-1971: N0/1X-NNX-XXXX format for numbers
 1972-1994: N0/1X-NXX-XXXX format for numbers
 1995-????: NXX-NXX-XXXX format for numbers

   So NNX for CO codes ended in 1972.  I started working on No. 1
ESS(tm) back in 1974, and its routing software had no problem with NXX
formats ...

 
Al Varney

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From: daa@nic.cerf.net (David A. Avery)
Subject: Re: NANP and Switches
Date: 13 May 1994 05:52:56 GMT
Organization: CerfNet


In article <telecom14.216.13@eecs.nwu.edu>, James Slupsky <jslupsky@pwss.
gov.ab.ca> wrote:

> Paul A. Lee wrote in his article:

>> CO codes in the N0/1X range have been around for some time, especially
>> in dense metropolitan NPAs, such as 212, 213, 312, 415, 202, etc..

> I don't believe this.  The whole purpose of the new NANP was to change
> from NNX to NXX, and to allow NXX type NPA's.  All switch routing
> software was designed to recognize that an NPA was N0X or N1X, and the
> CO code was NNX.

In the Los Angeles area:

AC  CO  city     AC  CO  city           AC  CO  city       AC  CO  city
213 217 LA1      310 201 Beverly Hills  310 401 Downey     310 603 Compton
213 302 LA1      310 202 Culver City    310 402 Norwalk    310 604 Compton
213 303 LA13     310 203 Beverly Hills  310 403 Norwalk    310 605 Compton
213 306 LA1      310 204 Culver City    310 404 Norwalk    310 606 El Segundo
213 307 LA1      310 205 Beverly Hills  310 405 Lakewood   310 607 El Segundo
213 312 LA1      310 206 West LA        310 406 Norwalk    310 608 Compton
213 413 LA10     310 207 West LA        310 407 Norwalk    310 609 Compton
213 418 LA9      310 208 West LA        310 408 Compton    310 610 Gardena
213 502 Gardena  310 209 West LA        310 409 Norwalk    310 615 El Segundo
213 504 LA1      310 210 Lakewood       310 410 Inglewood  310 616 El Segundo
213 506 LA1      310 212 Torrance       310 412 Inglewood  310 618 Torrance
213 508 LA1      310 214 Redondo Beach  310 414 El Segundo 310 715 Gardena
213 600 LA9      310 215 Inglewood      310 416 El Segundo 310 716 Gardena
213 612 LA1      310 216 Inglewood      310 417 Inglewood  310 718 Gardena
213 613 LA1      310 217 Gardena        310 419 Inglewood  310 719 Gardena
213 614 LA1      310 218 Long Beach     310 501 Gardena    310 801 Pico Rivera
213 617 LA1      310 219 Hawthorne      310 504 Gardena    310 802 Norwalk
213 701 LA1      310 301 Mar Vista      310 509 Compton    310 803 Downey
213 702 LA1      310 302 Mar Vista      310 510 Avalon     310 804 Norwalk
213 704 LA1      310 305 Mar Vista      310 512 Gardena    310 806 Downey
213 707 LA1      310 306 Mar Vista      310 513 San Pedro  310 807 Norwalk
213 708 Gardena  310 312 West LA        310 514 San Pedro  310 809 Norwalk
213 717 LA9      310 313 Mar Vista      310 515 Gardena    310 812 Hawthorne
213 812 LA1      310 314 Santa Monica   310 516 Gardena    310 813 Hawthorne
213 912 LA2      310 315 Santa Monica   310 517 Lomita     310 814 Hawthorne
213 913 LA2      310 316 Redondo Beach  310 518 San Pedro  310 815 Culver City
213 917 LA1      310 317 Malibu         310 519 San Pedro  310 816 San Pedro
213 918 Gardena  310 318 Redondo Beach  310 601 Compton    310 901 Long Beach
213 919 LA1      310 319 Santa Monica   310 602 Compton    310 902 La Habra

This is a partial list not including AC 818 , AC714 or AC909


David A. Avery    daa@cerf.net 
Avia Research     Flight Simulation


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I won't bother with a long list of the ones
here in Chicago like you did for LA, but I can assure you that once we
here went to 1+ dialing several years ago, whole bunches of exhanges of
this same form appeared here almost overnight.   PAT]

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Subject: Re: Call Display for New York
Date: Thu, 12 May 94 14:59:21 PDT
From: tad@ssc.com (Tad Cook)


Tony Harminc <EL406045@BROWNVM.brown.edu> writes:
 
> A colleague left a message on my machine here in Toronto while he was
> waiting for a plane at JFK airport in New York.  To my surprise, the
> Call Display data was not 'out of area' as it usually is for calls
> from the USA, but the rather unlikely number 212 210-0000.  I don't
> know exactly where he placed the call from (other than that he had
> cleared security at the time) or how he paid for it.  I haven't tried
> calling the number, but it seems very unlikely to be the actual number
> on the payphone.  I don't know which US carrier he used either -
> perhaps they are just early in implementing the new FCC requirements
> ;-) Assuming that the 0000 is fake, who would be setting the number
> that way?  The LEC (implying that the IXC doesn't get the real data)?
> The IXC making some privacy assumptions of its own?  The payphone
> owner (COCOT)?
 
I used the NPA program to track down that prefix, and it is served by
a telco central office in Manhattan.  According to NPA, the location
of the CO is at 40.75 degrees north latitude, 73.97 degrees west
longitude.
 
That CO serves the following prefixes:
 
210, 218, 252, 253, 270, 271, 272, 273, 282, 284, 286, 287, 297, 301, 309,
314, 317, 329, 338, 351, 359, 370, 372, 375, 377, 401, 404, 413, 419, 426,
448, 454, 455, 457, 458, 461, 462, 467, 469, 471, 476, 485, 490, 503, 537,
551, 557, 565, 573, 591, 599, 610, 622, 624, 625, 682, 687, 692, 697, 712,
813, 818, 850, 851, 856,,867, 878, 880, 883, 890, 905, 907, 916, 922, 949
953, 954, 972, 973, 983, 984, 986, and 987.
 
I suspect that the COCOT owner is transporting the calls to Manhattan from
the airport, and maybe serves them from PBX type trunks that give a
non-dialable seven digit number for the ANI.

Maybe it has something to do with an AOS (Alternate Operator Service)
that was handling the billing.
 
By the way, NPA is a fascinating program.  It has location, mileage, town
(and even zip code for USA numbers) data for all prefixes in the North
American Numbering Plan.  It is available for $25 from:
 
PC Consultant
P.O. Box 42086
Houston TX 77242-2086
Ph. 713/826-2629  (v-mail no answer)
 
I understand that you can leave a message with voice mail and they
will return your call.
 

tad@ssc.com (if it bounces, use 3288544@mcimail.com)| [put "attn Box #215"
Tad Cook    | Packet Amateur Radio:  | Home Phone:  | on fax or cover pg!]
Seattle, WA | KT7H @ N7DUO.WA.USA.NA | 206-527-4089 |  FAX: 206-525-1791

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From: nbschee@nbnet.nb.ca (Silas E. Cheeseman)
Subject: Re: Emerging Cellular Systems
Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 22:53:47
Organization: NB*Net


In article <telecom14.214.2@eecs.nwu.edu> uezechuk@mlsma.att.com writes:

> 2) What advantages do digital cellular systems have over analog?

Main advantage is privacy.  Conventional scanners cannot monitor the
calls.  Contrary to popular belief digital cellular does not have
better fidelity than analog.

> 3) For a cellular operator, what are the ideal frequencies to operate in
> and why? 

870 to 890 MHz because that's where DOC (FCC in USA) say to.

> 5) What are the impacts of operating in the higher reaches of the
> spectrum, e.g. at GHz levels? What are the impacts of low power systems
> and their advantages?

Technical none, we've been doing it for years.  Medically there is a
belief that portable cellular phones may be linked to brain cancer.
For the record, I agree with this possiblity.


nbschee@mailserv.nbnet.nb.ca   Silas E. Cheeseman   
Saint John, NB, Canada   (506) 674-1321  Computer/FAX

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From: cogorno@netcom.com (Steve Cogorno)
Subject: Re: Connect a Card Reader to a Cell Phone?
Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 19:13:51 PDT


Said by: Ras Tafar

> name and vendors won't check to make sure the card number and name
> match. As for physical cards, a card reader/encoder could put my

Oh yes they do.  I worked for Macy*s California a couple of years ago,
and *every* telephone order that came in that was to be charged to a
non- R.H. Macy Co. Card (Macy's West, Macy's East, Bullocks, I.
Magnin, and R.H. Macy Presidents Club) had to be sent in for verification 
with the card company.

Not only did the name, number and expiration have to be checked, but
also the address.  In fact, we could not accept gift orders via
telephone on MasterCard/Visa because the merchandise HAD to be shipped
to the BILLING address (even if it was a PO Box).  American Express
would allow merchandise to go to another address, but an American
Express agent had to call the Cardmember at home to verify the order.

Of course our cash-register system immeadiately verified the name and
address of Macy's Cards.

> automated cashiers like they have at gas stations. Since I've had my
> Discover card number used fraudulently at gas stations for two

I cannot speak to Sear's Financial Network's policies as we did not
deal with Discover Cards.


Steve    cogorno@netcom.com
#608 Merrill * 200 McLaughlin Drive * Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1015

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From: john%banzai.pcc.com@sadye.EMBA.UVM.EDU (John Canning)
Subject: Re: AT&T Major Billing Errors!
Date: Thu, 12 May 94 22:51:54 EDT


Pat -

In comp.dcom.telecom, you made the following comments about Shantanu
Jana's posting about AT&T's problems with billing:

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Part or all of the problem lies in the fact
> that AT&T billing is done by the various local telephone companies and
> they (the local telcos) seem to not always be up to snuff at having the
> right software for billing in place. Probably AT&T should have mentioned
> to you when you first enrolled in their various offerings that in the 
> event your bill -- as prepared and sent to you by the local telco -- was
> incorrect you should call them (as you have done) and they would issue a
> manual credit covering the differences between what they advertised and
> what the local telco in fact charged. I think you may be coming down a 
> little to hard on them demanding a written apology, etc.   PAT]

I am no fan of our local phone company; they mess things up all the
time.  The first time I thought they got something right was when we
moved our office eight months ago.  Everything worked beautifully.
Until a month later when they suddenly disconnected our service by
accident.  They thought they were shutting off our old service but got
confused ...

In any case, I find Shantanu's story rather familiar.  I ran into a
similar problem last year when I tried to sign up for one of the
discount plans.  Everything was fine for two months.  Then, I was
suddenly cut off from the plan.  It took several phone calls to the
AT&T 1-800 number and two months before they got me back on the plan
and arranged for a credit for the previous bills.  To this day, I have
no idea why I was cut off from the program.

However, the experience we had with AT&T's Uniplan office was much,
much, worse.  When we moved our office last year, we met with our
local AT&T rep to go over our office move plans.  She wrote us up a
new contract and made arrangements for our new calling cards, 1-800
numbers, etc.  Everything worked fine except for the billing.  AT&T
kept sending our bills to New England Telephone rather than to their
Uniplan office.

It took them five months to get the billing directed to their Uniplan
office.  In the meantime, we were having to pay an extra $1,500 each
month to our local phone company.  We asked AT&T to issue us a credit,
but they refused to do it.  Instead, once the bills were finally
straightened out, we received a bunch of free service - partially due
to the accrued credits.  They also issued us a free month of phone
service to apologize for the comedy of errors that we had to live
through.

Unlike Shantanu, we spent *hours* on the phone with the billing office
folks from AT&T.  Through this, I learned that very few people at AT&T
understand their promotional offerings and only the service people who
fix things at 2 AM really understand how the phone system works.

Bottom line -- I believe every word that Shantanu said.  The problems
he experienced were caused by AT&T, not his local phone company.


John Canning
The Physician's Computer Company
Essex Junction, Vermont

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