Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!killer!vector!nobody From: rja@edison.GE.COM (rja) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Call Completion & Billing Message-ID: Date: 31 Aug 88 11:43:58 GMT References: Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Organization: GE-Fanuc North America Lines: 30 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 137, message 3 X-Submissions-To: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu (Mailing List Coordinator) X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) In article , werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig) writes: [stuff deleted] > PS: does anyone know if we are still getting charged for a call by the > non-ATT LD-companies if the phone rings more than a certain > times (6?!) - I see too many 1-minute calls on my bill not to > wonder ... > - maybe ATT "improved" their service and started > doing the same now... (just being sarcastic here) AT&T is the only carrier which always waits 5 seconds beyond the ACTUAL answering of the telphone on the other end before starting billing. In many cases both MCI and Sprint ASSUME the call is complete after a fixed period of time even though the other end might not have answered. Most of the remaining telcos also have circuits without complete call-detection equipment. In general though, if both ends of the LD circuit end in local CBXs that have been converted over to "equal-access" actual call detection equipment is probably being used. This is one reason I find it cheaper to use AT&T than MCI or Sprint. Another is that MCI and Sprint are at best 1 cent per minute cheaper on my typical LD calls -- it pays to comparison shop using your own "typical mix" of calls. Oh and AT&T bills correctly the first time and will give immediate "no-hassle" credit on wrong numbers. ** I am not affiliated with any telco or LD carrier ** ______________________________________________________________________________ rja@edison.GE.COM or ...uunet!virginia!edison!rja via Internet (preferable) via uucp (if you must) ______________________________________________________________________________