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From: lars@spectrum.cmc.com (Lars Poulsen)
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Subject: Re: Billing of Multi-Lines
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[From PAT:]

> >I have two lines that are separate accounts, but BILLED to one line
> >for convenience.  When I started up ROA, I gave AT&T the second number
> >(the non-billing one) but have the ROA rates on both lines.  Each bill
> >shows a full breakdown of all ROA-eligible calls, grouped by number,
> >and a "total" ROA charge which includes all eligible calls made on
> >either line.

In article <11043@accuvax.nwu.edu> Bill Huttig <la063249@zach.fit.edu>
writes:

>The Moderator must have both the numbers as part of the same ACCOUNT.
>Are you sure they are separate accounts?

I must confess to a lack of understanding; if the two lines are billed
to the same number, and the charges appear together on one bill, how
can that not be one account ? How do you define the word "account" ?

In my use of the word "account", I would use the term to define a
subscriber record, for which a bill is written, and for which a
running total of amounts due is kept. I.e. you may have two accounts
in the same name, with separate "customer" records in the accounting
database, and for which separate bills are issued (probably on
different billing cycles). Or you may have one combined account,
aggregating the billing for several different lines, possibly with
enough itemization to permit tracing each charge to the line from
which it was incurred.

Is there a defined use of the word "account" in telco contexts, that
is different from this?


Lars Poulsen, SMTS Software Engineer
CMC Rockwell  lars@CMC.COM