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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 19:24:25 EST
- From: jeffj%jiji@uunet.UU.NET (Jeffrey Jonas)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: U.S. Telephone Billing Details and California
- Message-ID: <telecom12.927.11@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: TELECOM Digest
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 927, Message 11 of 14
- Lines: 55
-
- I have the impression that there's some tariff/law/tradition in the
- U.S. that whoever plays for the phone call is entitled to a detailed
- record of the call.
-
- AT&T, NY Tel, NJ Bell (among others) take this to mean that I as a
- subscriber get a bill listing call duration, city/state and number
- called (except for local calls). ITT/Metromedia's calling card
- doesn't list the number. I thought this was the reason that the owner
- of the 800 number gets a list of all callers, since they're paying the
- bill.
-
- Is this true? Is there a tariff or law specifying the detailing of US
- phone bills?
-
- Ok, now what if a Californian uses return call (where Caller-ID was
- recently rejected by the PUC). Will the returned call show on the
- phone bill with the city/state/number (as long as it's not local)?
- Or will part of the identity be masked?
-
- ex: Oakland, CA (415) 795-8100
- or Oakland, CA (415) 795-81xx
- or Oakland, CA (415) 795-xxxx
- or Oakland, CA (415) *private
-
- Will only California numbers be blocked, or those that are "private",
- or all numbers? Are "private" numbers passed as ANI to 800 numbers?
- If so, then they should be passed to me with return call by the same
- argument that I'm paying for the call.
-
- The one time I tried "return call" in NJ, I recall seeing the $.75
- surcharge but the call itself was probably local.
-
- TELECOM readers have already mentioned that:
-
- - in some states, the "return call" reads back the number before dialing
- (a clever way to use Caller-ID with no premisis equipment and
- probably without subscribing either.)
- - using "add last call to call block" and reading back the call block
- list won't work - the number is reported as 'private'.
-
- PS: (415) 795-8100 is the number for Logitech Tech Support, used for
- example only.
-
-
- Jeffrey Jonas jeffj@panix.com
-
-
- [Moderator's Note: If 'Return Last Call' causes a toll billing, then
- yes, you would see the number. But this is mostly a moot point since
- the amount of SS-7 connectivity between toll points is still very
- limited. 99.999 percent of the time, you can't 'return last call' to a
- place outside your LATA at present (or frequently outside a couple
- nearby CO's), so it is doubtful you would learn the number that way. PAT]
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