Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucselx!bionet!hayes.fai.alaska.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: texbell!letni!digi!digi.lonestar.org!mkallas@eecs.nwu.edu (mark kallas) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Call Detail Recording Message-ID: <11756@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 5 Sep 90 10:30:06 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: DSC Communications, Plano Tx. Lines: 31 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 622, Message 3 of 12 In article <11669@accuvax.nwu.edu> John Higdon writes: (some stuff deleted) >Well, what about it? Does anyone have the right to know what numbers are >dialed on his phone (including local)? What about big companies who run >SMDR, and a guest uses the phone in the lobby -- leaving a trail of his >calling card and what have you on the SMDR? The company supplying the service is responsible for paying for the call. They will get an itemized bill from the phone company for toll call. It seems clear to me that the provider has a right know who is dialing which numbers and how long the call was active. Many businesses ask employees to pay for non-business calls if they are billed for them. I also remember something about billable non-business calls on a business phone are actually a benefit which could be taxed by the IRS. So yes, the company supplying the service has the need to know how the phone system is being used. They are financially and legally responsible. Mark Kallas UUCP : texsun!digi!mkallas Internet: mkallas@digi.lonestar.org