Re: Verizon wins MCI

[Robert Boyle <robert () tellurian com>]

At 11:45 PM 2/14/2005, Christopher L. Morrow wrote:
> uhm, thats the '70 billing departments' ... or so said the SEC's info
> about how many billing systems were 'integrated' during the
> bernie-dynastic-times.

I remember reading in IT Week or Infoweek or some other trade rag that they 
had over 2400 software packages used for billing and provisioning and they 
were going to reduce that down to 1500 within 10 years! We have never 
gotten a correct bill from MCI - ever! In over 10 years of dealing with 
them and their divisions - MFS, UU, WCom, etc. After C&W took over MCI's 
network in the mid 90's, their billing department took a couple of months 
to grasp the enormity of the problem. Once they did, they made changes and 
the C&W bills were always right after that. :) That is an enormous project...

-Robert


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