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- From: john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Mission Impossible: IBT Getting My Order Correct
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- Date: 3 Jan 93 17:55:00 GMT
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- Reply-To: John Higdon <john@zygot.ati.com>
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- On Jan 3 at 2:13, TELECOM Moderator writes:
-
- > A few minutes later, another call comes from a woman named 'Debbie'
- > who states she is a repair supervisor in the Irving CO. Her complaint
- > is thus: someone has 'been calling' repair on 'unauthorized numbers'
- > and it had better stop. If I want Repair Service, the number to call
- > is 611 and none other.
-
- Interesting difference in approach. Virtually everytime I call in
- trouble to Pac*Bell for my service or for others, a call back comes
- from someone who, upon getting my machine, leaves his/her name and
- direct telephone number, usually 973-something. When calling this
- number either the person leaving the message answers or someone else
- does who promptly puts the repair tech on the line.
-
- And then, it is only necessary to give my name, not the number
- reported for the repair person to immediately pinpoint the repair
- ticket.
-
- All in all, I find Pac*Bell very open about its "internal" numbers. On
- only one occasion was I invited to call 611 rather than the number
- that I did. It was explained that it was necessary to do that to open
- a ticket that could be followed up on by the person to whom I was
- speaking at the time.
-
- Sounds as though IBT may still have a touch of the old Ma Bell left in
- her.
-
-
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