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From: asuvax!mothra!bakerj@ncar.ucar.edu (Jon Baker)
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Subject: Re: MCI as Slamming King
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Date: 25 Sep 90 15:58:21 GMT
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In article <12517@accuvax.nwu.edu>, dattier@ddsw1.mcs.com (David
Tamkin) writes:

> But there are telqi who will accept with blind faith the mag tapes
> that the IECs send them, input them, and slam away, and there are
> telqi who will examine the data on those tapes and check records first
> to see if they have received such a request from the customer.

Name one.  From everything I've read/heard/experienced, no telco
verifies the allegedly-required written record except in cases of
customer complaint.  And, MCI rarely produces the written record,
claiming that they 'sent the card out to the customer for signature,
but never got it back'.