Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: danj1@ihlpz.att.com (Daniel Jacobson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: All Monthly Bills --> One Bill Message-ID: Date: 18 Feb 91 07:15:28 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Reply-To: Dan_Jacobson@att.com Organization: AT&T-BL, Naperville IL, USA Lines: 35 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 132, Message 6 of 9 Originator: telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu On 18 Feb 91 04:57:16 GMT, danj1@ihlpz.att.com (Daniel Jacobson) said: Dan> Here in Illinois Bell territory I can charge it with my major credit Dan> card. On my monthly call I pester my Illinois Bell representative Dan> about somehow making this automatic. PAT> can pay many of your bills by phone each month with a single phone PAT> call to 'BILL' as I do. They are in Arlington Heights, IL, and tied in PAT> with all the banks to do automatic debits, etc. PAT] Yeah but, being a person so stingy as to not order touch tone, I am bracing myself for the shock when you will hopefully reveal the costs of this service below. Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Naperville IL USA +1 708-979-6364 [Moderator's Note: I think they charge $10 per merchant/year. There is no transaction fee, or if there is, the merchants pay it. You can set up automatic payments each month if you want, but I just call once a month and pay several merchants. The transfer is done the same day. I've found I can wait until a day past the cutoff date for IBT and still get the payment in on time via BILL. In addition to telco, I pay Edison (electric), People's Gas, the Chicago Water Works, Ameritech Mobile and Cellular One, Centel Voicemail and others. It takes me five minutes to flip through my bills and punch the buttons on the phone. They all have the payment credited on my account the next business day provided I input the transaction by 2:00 AM. The payments go direct to the merchant's computer with a corresponding debit to my bank account. You select and change your own password at will. Other features include a way to review past payments, review the directory of merchants and add/delete automatic payments, etc. I've used BILL for about three years now, and there has never been an error. PAT]