Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Steven King Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Make Sprint Put it in Writing! Message-ID: <11505@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 29 Aug 90 21:53:58 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Motorola Inc. - Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Hgts, IL Lines: 32 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 607, Message 1 of 11 In article <11454@accuvax.nwu.edu> v116kznd@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu writes: >In article <11386@accuvax.nwu.edu>, john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) >writes: >>Are you SURE Pac*Bell does the billing for Sprint? I have received a >>bill directly from Sprint since my account was absorbed from US >>Telecom, previous to which time I received a bill directly from THEM. >>The only Sprint calls I am aware of that are billed by Pac*Bell are >>those made by customers who don't have a Sprint account. >I've heard that the way Sprint works is that if you are a frequent >user, Sprint will bill you directly, but if you're an infrequent user, >they will bill you through your local phone company. I called Sprint today to discontinue service. I'm moving and taking neither my local nor my long distance service with me. When the customer rep lady asked me if I'd been displeased with my service, I answered that it was fine except I preferred to be billed through my local telco rather than directly by Sprint. Her reply is that that was "being worked on" but that she couldn't say how long it would take. For the record, I generally make only one or two long distance phone calls per month. I've had Sprint for nearly a year and they've always billed me direct. The local telco is Illinois Bell. Steve King, Motorola Cellular (...uunet!motcid!king)