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From: roskos@csed-47.UUCP (Eric Roskos)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re:  TELECOM Digest V8 #68
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Date: 22 Apr 88 15:21:11 GMT
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>"One very large company uses US Sprint BECAUSE of these problems. It says that 
>the bills arrive anywhere from one to six months late, giving them a nice cash
>cushion, and usually come with less than 70% of the calls they know they made.
>US Sprint will have to shape up fast, because such problems cannot last much
>longer, if it wishes to survive."

Unfortunately, the "less than 70%" part is not true in the long run.  
From my own experience, the remaining 30% do appear on your bills, it's 
just that they appear 6-8 months later (my most recent bill shows charges
from August of 1987).

The reason it is such a problem is that, when they (temporarily) lose
calls from your bill, the calls are randomly lost throughout the month --
it's not as if a block of time during the month that you can readily
identify has not been charged for.  Unless you keep records of
all your calls, it is often not apparent that any were lost.