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From: Bill Huttig <la063249@zach.fit.edu>
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Subject: Re: Billing of Multi-Lines
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Date: 23 Aug 90 16:26:54 GMT
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In article <11113@accuvax.nwu.edu> lars@spectrum.cmc.com (Lars
Poulsen) writes:
 
[Stuff PAT and I wrote about his phone billing deleted.]

>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" ?

[Lars definition deleted]

A account is a file on the BOC's computer giving a account # (which is
the billing number plus three digits ... the three digits are the time
the account was opened.  (Don't ask me what they do between 10-1 :))
It also contains the address and other info about the customer.
Associated with the account can be one or more phone numbers.

Now if you have two or more accounts and recive one bill then the
other accounts have a field that says 'take all charges and forward
them to account NPA NNX XXXX xxx for billing ... it normally
calculates the charges before the transfer of charges. (It appears to
do that).

I hope that clarifies things.


Bill


[Moderator's Note: Actually, the three digits are the RAO,  or
Regional Accounting Office code. At least they were prior to the
tragedy. I can't imagine them being used now for 'the time the account
was opened'.   PAT]