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"Bastard Operator From Hell," a classic diary of the ultimate in outrageous system support widely posted on Usenet. Always worth a return visit.
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BOFH - http://industryclick.com/magazinearticle.asp?magazineid=7&releaseid=12187&magazinearticleid=197160&siteid=3by Donny JacksonTelephony, Apr 19, 2004AT&T's declaratory petition that would exempt the carrier from accesscharges when it connects phone-to-phone calls using its IP backbone astransport will be denied by the FCC imminently, according to multiplesources familiar with the matter.As a result, AT&T and other carriers using IP networks to transportcalls from one public-switched telephone network to another will haveto pay the same access fees that would be charged if the call wastransported over a circuit-switched network. This likely will resultin hundreds of millions of dollars in additional costs annually toAT&T, according to several industry experts."Access charge disputes are basically unrefereeable; it's gray areaupon gray area," said. "That's thereason why they're going to bill and keep [in the proposed revampingof the intercarrier compensation regime] because it's not worththe hassle."Full story at:http://industryclick.com/magazinearticle.asp?magazineid=7&releaseid=12187&magazinearticleid=197160&siteid=3
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