Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Tue, 28 May 91 06:47:56 GMT From: Rick Farris Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Something Sounds Fishy: $700 Credit For AT&T Employees? Message-ID: Organization: RF Engineering, Del Mar, California Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu 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 407, Message 1 of 8 Lines: 40 Do all AT&T employees receive $700 credit on their phone bills each month? A local modem hobbyist is raising quite a stir by bragging about the $700 credit he receives each month as a "part-time computer security consultant" for AT&T. Because the only security for MS-DOS machines (the only computer *he's* ever seen) is physical security (maybe that's it; he's bolting computers to desktops ...), a group of us were wondering why he would be entitled to such a large credit for part-time work. On the other hand, a stipend and a large phone-bill credit would be just right for a paid informant; one that searches out pirate and phreak BBSs and reports on them. So is a $700 credit reasonable for part-time work? If so, geez, what kind of credit do full-timers get? Rick Farris RF Engineering POB M Del Mar, CA 92014 voice (619) 259-6793 rfarris@rfengr.com ...!ucsd!serene!rfarris serenity bbs 259-7757 [Moderator's Note: He may get that sort of allowance for being a snitch -- a 'part time computer security consultant' -- each month, since after all, he has to spend a lot of time on line long distance spying on sysops and users -- if that is what he does -- but I don't think that is a usual benefit for AT&T employees. What I've heard is that they receive either all or a portion of their long distance service for free; but I doubt that it runs $700 per month for most employees! But still, if he is tattling on naughty users and sysops, why would he say anything about it at all and blow his cover? Has anyone confirmed this? Is he just running off at the mouth? There are a lot of people who *wish* they could be ... uh hum! 'computer security consultants', you know. It might be just fanciful thinking on his part. Tell him you'll believe it when you see his AT&T bill with an adjustment like this on it. PAT]