Telecommunications expense management : how to audit your bills, reduce expenses and negotiate favorable rates /
by Michael Brosnan, John Messina & Ellen Block.
- New York : CMP Books, c1999.
- iv, 293 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Machine generated contents note: Understanding Your Local Telephone Bill -- The Customer Service Record (CSR)- -- Switched and Dedicated Services -- Carrier Access Billing System "CABS" -- How to Identify Billing Errors and Obtain Refunds -- Optimizing Your Network -- Long Distance Bill Auditing -- Secrets of Contract Negotiation -- Utilizing the Power of the Internet to Audit Your Bills -- Processing and Validating -- Technology Invoices -- Call Accounting, Phone System Security, -- Toll Fraud and Toll Abuse -- Appendix A - USOC List -- Appendix B - List of IXC PIC Codes -- Appendix C - 10 Steps that Vendors can take to -- Improve Customer Service and Billing Accuracy.