Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: chipcom.com!eli@eecs.nwu.edu Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: US Sprint Code-abuse Policies & Systems Message-ID: Date: 17 Jul 89 13:07:08 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 29 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 242, message 6 of 10 US Sprint has probably the most advanced code-abuse detection system in the telecom industry, if I can believe my friend who works there. He has described the system which 'caught' Mr. Fisk, the telecom reader who complained that his account was pulled without warning. As Mr. Fisk said, Sprint tried to contact him to determine what the deal was with his card. Patrick, I think you are being a bit harsh on US Sprint. They have to do something to stop the code abuse that goes on. One of their major problem areas is Port Authority and Grand Central Station in NY. Certain individuals look over the shoulder of people using calling cards, and then sell the calling card number to anyone who happens by. US Sprint's solution to this was to disable all FONCard access from Port Authority. I'm not sure if this is still the case... One time my friend travelled to Boston to work with one of their larger customers who had been experiencing code abuse. People had been dialing in to the customer's PBX and dialing out on a US Sprint WATS line. Nearly a hundred thousand dollars worth of calls to Haiti had been spent. Naturally, Sprint did not charge the customer for any of these calls. The phone bill for one month during the customer's "code-abuse" problem period was more than a foot thick! -- Steve Elias -- eli@spdcc.com, eli@chipcom.com [mail to chipcom.chipcom.com bounces!] -- voice mail: 617 859 1389 -- work phone: 617 890 6844