Jonathan, you are correct. My mistake. All the same, saves the company a lot of money, and continues to provide day to day assistance with everything to do with cell services.
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Jonathan Link <jonathan.l...@gmail.com>wrote: > One presumes you left off a k after $18...and you saved ~$8K and not $26K. > :-) Regardless, it is no mean feat. > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Jeff Brown <2jbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I can recommend an EXCELLENT one. Cut our cell bill from $26k a month to >> $18. No downside. My boss will tell you finding this company was best >> thing I've done in 5+ years. >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Jeff Steward <jstew...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> 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. Box 1193 >>>> Brandon, FL 33509 >>>> 813-657-0849 <tel:+18136570849> Office >>>> 813-758-6850 <tel:+18137586850> Cell >>>> 813-341-1270 <tel:+18133411270> Fax >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] >>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 12:01 AM >>>> To: NT System Admin Issues >>>> Subject: Re: Verizon Data Services down >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:54 PM, Jeff Brown <2jbr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> > That's more info than I got. Thanks. Seems like an LONG time for a >>>> > provider like Verizon to have limited services for an unknown number >>>> of >>>> > users. >>>> >>>> Verizon owns its customers, and they know it. >>>> >>>> "We don't care. We don't have to. 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