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Date: Sun, 19 May 91 11:27:21 EST
From: Andrew <reynhout@cs.uri.edu>
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Subject: Re: Strange AT&T Bill
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seanwilliams@attmail.com writes:

> I was talking to a friend about her long distance service a few days
> ago (being that I sell MCI and all) and she told me that a relative of
> hers was using AT&T.

Oh terrific.  Another proseletyzing LDC salesperson.  :-)

> Of course, this didn't shock me one bit.  Thousands of people use
> AT&T.  But then she went on to tell me that this relative was being
> billed, on her AT&T page, $40.00 every two or three months (she wasn't
> sure of the frequency.)

> I don't have a copy of her AT&T bill here, nor have I seen it, so
> don't ask for any specifics until I can contact her about it.

   Well, this may come as a surprise to you (it does to me), but some
people still LEASE their equipment from AT&T.  Billing for equipment
leasing is done either monthly or quarterly, depending upon the
amount.  I do not remember the cutoffs (it's been a few years since I
worked there,) but this sort of confusion is relatively common.

   Things to note: AT&T does its OWN billing for leased equipment.  It
will arrive under seperate cover from her LEC telephone bill.

   Many people don't realize that they're still leasing.  Many people
have thrown away the telephones involved.  Sometimes, their billing is
even wrong at the fault of the Company.

   I pose this merely as one of several possible explanations to her
problem, if it's a problem at all.

   I suggest you find out more.  It sounds to me like you're passing
secondhand vague information here, and there's very little we can do
with it.  :-)


Andrew  reynhout@cs.uri.edu>