Hagbard Celine <reynhout@wpi.wpi.edu> (04/08/90)
With regards to the questions about AT&T's card verification; when
I worked there, it was VERY easy to get complete information on ANYONE
who had an EQUIPMENT account; that is, anyone who leases one or more
tele- phones, or has purchased anything either via telephone, or an
AT&T Phone Center. These accounts are all referenced by telephone
number (of course.)
Since AT&T still bills through the LECs, anyone with strictly a
toll account might not have accurate information. Most of them do,
but many do not. The networked computer data base is up at all times
of every day. It does go down for maintenance, of course, but times
are very unpredictable.
Andrew Reynhout (Internet: reynhout@wpi.wpi.edu)
(BITNET: reynhout@wpi.bitnet)
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