There are companies which specialize in auditing telco bills/contracts. They make there money off a percentage of what they save you from improper billings. If you are stuck in a long contract, you may want to check them out.
-Jeff Steward On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Kim Longenbaugh <k...@colonialsavings.com>wrote: > Incompetence? Depends on your viewpoint… can you imagine how much > un-earned income they generate each year because of the “errors” in the > billing that their customers don’t notice? I wouldn’t be surprised to find > that someone in their organization didn’t program a nice little subroutine > in their billing system to randomly insert spurious billings. > > > > > > > > *From:* Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 26, 2011 3:50 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Verizon Data Services down > > > > We get double-billed, over-charged, and billed for services we don’t have > with regularity. It takes my boss over 2 hours to go over the billing, then > another hour on the phone with them. AT&T’s incompetence is only surpassed > by their… wait a minute… nope, never mind. Their incompetence can’t be > surpassed. > > > > *From:* Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 26, 2011 11:59 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Verizon Data Services down > > > > We switched to Verizon to 'save money'. The resultant inability to contact > people you needed to contact didn't end up saving enough money to override > the irritation of not getting ahold of people. > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Maglinger, Paul <pmaglin...@scvl.com> > wrote: > > Just curious if your accounting department feels the same way. I assume > their billing department must use the same business model as the health care > industry. I can’t figure out my medical bills half the time either. > > > > *From:* Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:54 AM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Verizon Data Services down > > > > I like AT&T. > > Over 10 years and I figure all you people that have so many issues with > them either have iPhones or something. I have an iPhone fanatic next cube > over and I'm using my phone and he's complaining about dropped calls. I had > a Nokia and now a Windows Phone. Our office BlackBerries were on ATT, then > went Verizon and have now returned to the stable service we had with ATT as > Verizon after a rather awful time on Verizon. I have noted slight > differences in reception with my various personal phones and my blackberries > (both on the same ATT network) over the years. (Yes, I have two phones, my > work phone and my personal phone - policy issue) > > Have there been rough patches? Sure, the ATT / Cingular merger resulted in > a few annoying months that eventually smoothed out as they corrected tower > issues. I look forward to the weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth as the > iPhones infect the Verizon network, cause it's not an Apple issue if you > hold it wrong :) > > Steven Peck > http://www.blkmtn.org > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 5:55 AM, Maglinger, Paul <pmaglin...@scvl.com> > wrote: > > <rant> > > You think you have problems? We have AT&T. > > <./rant> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 7:38 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Verizon Data Services down > > +1 > > > <rant> > > I used to feel differently when we were a CT Communications CLEC customer, > but then Windstream bought them and screwed everything up. It took well over > a year to get all 12 of our sites transitioned to a new provider (PaeTec, > which in contrast is much better). We've still got bills coming in from > Windstream for our B1 lines, largely because Windstream's Customer Service > Records are such an awful mess... > > <rant end> > > Jonathan L. Raper, MCSE > > Thumb-typed from my HTC Incredible (and yes, it really is) Droid. Please > excuse brevity & any misspellings. > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net" <greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net> > Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2011 8:24 am > > Subject: Verizon Data Services down > > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > > That's any phone company... > > Greg Sweers > CEO > ACTS360.com > P.O. 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