Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Some OCC's Do Get ANI Reports Message-ID: Date: 1 Sep 89 07:03:29 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 16 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 340, message 1 of 10 In a message submitted a couple days ago, Rick Adams of UUNET pointed out that his billings from Sprint do generally include the calling phone number when the calls came in on the 800 lines at his office. My original message had said that AT&T got that information, but the OCC's had to 'struggle' to get it at times. He took exception to the use of the word 'struggle', saying the OCC's depended on the local telcos to provide it. Apparently Sprint has good luck obtaining this information from what he said in his message. On the other hand, TELECOM USA (provider of my residential 800 service) says they have a very hard time obtaining it. Of course, I only pay a $2.45 per month service fee plus call charges. Maybe if I paid more they could somehow 'find a way' to get it as Mr. Adams says Sprint is able to do. Patrick Townson