| .oO Phrack 49 Oo. | |
| Volume Seven, Issue Forty-Nine | |
| 13 of 16 | |
| .-----------------------------------------. | |
| | Telephone Company Customer Applications | | |
| |-----------------------------------------| | |
| | Voyager[TNO] | | |
| `-----------------------------------------' | |
| Telco's use many types of software. In addition to the run-of-the-mill | |
| employee applications such as OfficeVisions, PROFS, and the usual trashy | |
| selection of DOS/Win applications, telco's use two types of much more | |
| interesting software: | |
| . Customer applications | |
| . Provisioning applications | |
| Customer applications are used by telco personnel to deal with customer | |
| issues, such as billing and service orders. Provisioning applications are | |
| used to deal with the actual phone network itself. | |
| Customer applications include BOSS, CARS, CORD, SOLAR, SOPAD, OSCAR, and | |
| PREMIS. Provisioning applications include FACS, March, April, COSMOS, | |
| Switch and FOMS/FUSA. | |
| Most of what has been written regarding telco software covered provisioning | |
| applications. While much can be done with provisioning applications, you | |
| will soon see the incredible opportunities offered by Customer | |
| Applications. Within the family of Customer Applications you will find the | |
| ability to locate personal information, look up addresses by telephone | |
| number, and modify customer bills. | |
| Experienced dumpster divers will recognize many of the screens shown in | |
| this article. | |
| .------------------------------. | |
| | Part I: Billing Applications | | |
| `------------------------------' | |
| BOSS | |
| ~~~~ | |
| BOSS (Billing and Order Support System) contains bill and credit | |
| information, equipment information, carrier billing information, customer | |
| contact notes and payment history. BOSS is used in the Central and Eastern | |
| Territories of U.S. West. To login to BOSS, you must enter your a ID, a | |
| two character alphanumeric office code, and a five character password. | |
| BOSS passwords expire after 30 days and cannot be re-used. | |
| BOSS is operated largely with PF keys: | |
| PF1 = ENTRY (Entry Screen) | |
| PF2 = BILL (Entity and Summary Bill) | |
| PF3 = IC (Itemized Calls) | |
| PF4 = OCC (Other Charges and Credits) | |
| PF5 = CSR (Customer Service Record) | |
| PF6 = PREV (Previous Months Bill) | |
| PF7 = NEXT (Next) | |
| PF8 = Note (Notations) | |
| PF9 = ASUM (Adjustments Summary) | |
| PF10 = COMPUTE (Compute) | |
| PF11 = F/B (Forward/Back) | |
| PF2 will bring up the Billing Screen, which will show you the contact names | |
| and telephone numbers for the account you are looking at. The CSBL screen | |
| is completely covered with information, and it is impossible to get | |
| everything out of it without careful study. There are at least two | |
| versions of BOSS in use, this screen is a mix of the two that I am familiar | |
| with: | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| |CMD MSG COMMAND COMPLETED (I210) | | |
| |(a)303 265 8545 (b)153 (c)NP (d)JAN 16 93 *CSBL (e)LIVE (f)DNV (g)1FR | | |
| |(h)DARIN STOREY (i)PB 0205 (m)RT (q)AC D-00 (t)DEP 0 CN (x)BD N | | |
| |515-D GIRARD BLVD S E (j)R1 0126 (n)ES (r)CT (u)DOI 030492 (y)LCU | | |
| |BOULDER CO 80301 (k)R2 0216 (o)NT C A (s)NOB (v)TAX FSLCF- (z)LCR | | |
| | (l)R3 0224 (p)PPD (w)TAR AJ (A)LAL | | |
| | (B)CI SEARS SUPVSR 2426767 MS SANDI SM POE NLR | | |
| |DAD MICHAEL STOREY 2755595 (C)CBR | | |
| | (D)SSN (E)VL (F)TRT HIST 059511111111 (G)CIV 0290 | | |
| | (H)RCK HIST 000000000000 (I)PAH | | |
| | PREV BL 168.55 CUR BL 116.24 | | |
| | PAY & ADJ PREV BILL PAY AND ADJ CURR BILL | | |
| | DATE T AMOUNT DATE T AMOUNT | | |
| | 1223 01 101.15 | | |
| | (J)010 30.42 | | |
| | 221 9.03 | | |
| | 300 9.39 | | |
| | (K)CCG 48.84 | | |
| | (L)BAL 67.40 | | |
| | (M)TOT 116.24 (N)CUR DUE 116.24 | | |
| | (O)RP (P)NOTATION (Q)TYPE (R)PN (S)ACT (T)FU (U)BD | | |
| | 0193 (V)+ | | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| Legend: | |
| (a) Telephone number | |
| (b) Customer code | |
| (c) Listing Type (See below) | |
| (d) Most current bill date | |
| (e) Account Status Code (See below) | |
| (f) Alpha code for the serving exchange | |
| (g) Class of service (See below) | |
| (h) Billing name | |
| (i) Pay-By-Date, month and day payment is due | |
| (j) Previous months denial date | |
| (k) Date first collection notice is sent out | |
| (l) Date account will be denied and referred to CMC | |
| (m) Remove from treatment amount | |
| (n) Entity Status (See below) | |
| (o) No Treatment Indicator (See below) | |
| (p) Preferred Payment Date | |
| (q) Account Classification (credit classification) | |
| (r) Carryover Treat History (unimplemented) | |
| (s) Number of bills the customer receives | |
| (t) Total deposit held on the account | |
| (u) Date of Installation | |
| (v) Tax Code | |
| (w) Tax Area Code | |
| (x) Bank Draft | |
| (y) Local Units Used (unimplemented) | |
| (z) Local Usage Units Credited (unimplemented) | |
| (A) Local Usage Units Allowed (unimplemented) | |
| (B) Credit Information | |
| (C) Can Be Reached | |
| (D) Social Security Number | |
| (E) Central Office is Voice Link capable | |
| (F) Treatment History (read right to left) | |
| (G) Credit Information Verified (date CI was last verified) | |
| (H) Returned Check History (read right to left) | |
| (I) Previous Account History | |
| (J) Charges by Entity (charges from AT&T, MCI, etc...) | |
| (K) Current Charges | |
| (L) Balance from the previous bill | |
| (M) Total | |
| (N) Current Due | |
| (O) Responsible Party | |
| (P) Notation | |
| (Q) Type code | |
| (R) Position Number (BOSS user position number) | |
| (S) The action to be taken | |
| (T) Follow-up date | |
| (U) Bill Date | |
| (V) Notation Indicator (+ means there are display pages of notations) | |
| (P means there are permanent notations) | |
| Listing types include: | |
| NP Non-Published | |
| NL or NLIST Non-Listed | |
| <null> Published | |
| Account Status Codes are shown in order of priority. SNP, SUSP, DISC, | |
| OCAx, LEGX and W-OFF codes are highlighted on the screen. Account Service | |
| Codes include: | |
| OCAx Account has been referred to an outside collection agency | |
| LEGX Account has been referred to legal | |
| W-OFF Written OFF FINAL BILL | |
| FIN-R Revised final bill | |
| FIN-I Initial Final Bill | |
| DISC Service has been disconnected | |
| SNP Service has been interrupted for non-payment | |
| SUSP Service has been temporarily suspended at customer request | |
| INIT Initial bill | |
| LIVE Live bill | |
| SCD Select Carrier Denial | |
| Class of Service Codes include: | |
| 1FR One Flat Rate | |
| 1MR One Measured Rate | |
| 1PC One Pay Phone | |
| CDF DTF Coin | |
| PBX Private Branch Exchange (Direct Inward Dialing ext.) | |
| CFD Coinless ANI7 Charge-a-Call | |
| INW InWATS | |
| OWT OutWATS | |
| PBM 0 HO/MO MSG REG (No ANI) | |
| PMB LTG = 1 HO/MO Regular ANI6 | |
| Entity Status is used to restrict access to toll services. The three digit | |
| carrier code is listed, followed by the letters S, C or F. | |
| If the NT (No Treatment Indicator) is C, the computer sends out a late | |
| notice on the R2 date. If the NT is T, there is a temporary reprieve and | |
| the computer will not sent out a late notice this month. If the NT is M or | |
| P, late notices are never sent. | |
| PF11 from this screen will take you through the entity CSBL's. | |
| PF5 will show you the customers Current Service Record. The CSR screen | |
| will look something like this: | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| |CMD MSG | | |
| |(a)303 864 2475 (b)298 NP (c)NOV 10 99 *CSR (d)P 1 2 DNV 1FR | | |
| |(e)BARBARA ANDERSON FOR | | |
| |XSBN 2-864-2475 | | |
| | (f)---LIST | | |
| | NP (NP) ANDERSON, DARRYL B | | |
| | LA 5425 ROWLAND CT | | |
| | (g)---BILL | | |
| | BN1 BARBARA ANDERSON FOR | | |
| | BN2 DARRYL B ANDERSON | | |
| | BA1 5425 ROWLAND CT | | |
| | PO 80301 /TAR GQ | | |
| | (h)---S&E | | |
| | (i)ORIG SERV ESTAB 8-17-78 | | |
| |(j) (k) (l) (m) (n) | | |
| |20182 1825 NPU /1000 1.31 1.31 | | |
| |41481 7001 TTR /1000 1.12 1.12 | | |
| |82585 3793 1FR /1000/PICX288 5.60 5.60 | | |
| |41481 2140 KH9 /1000 .00 .00 | | |
| |22782 5106 WMR /1000/D .56 .56 | | |
| |41481 7001 RJ11C /1000/D .00 .00 | | |
| | | | |
| |RP NOTATION TYPE PN ACT FU BD | | |
| | 1299 | | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| Legend: | |
| (a) Telephone number | |
| (b) Customer code | |
| (c) Most current bill date | |
| (d) Page number | |
| (e) Billing name | |
| (f) LIST section containing listed name and address | |
| (g) BILL section containing billing name and address | |
| (h) S&E section containing products and service | |
| (i) Date original service was established | |
| (j) Date each service was installed | |
| (k) Last 4 digits of order number that put service online | |
| (l) USOC's representing the products and services on the account | |
| (See below) | |
| (m) Monthly rate for each USOC | |
| (n) Amount billed for USOC total | |
| USOC Codes include: | |
| ESC Three Way Calling | |
| ESF Speed Calling | |
| ESL Speed Calling 8 Code | |
| ESM Call Forwarding | |
| ESX Call Waiting | |
| EVB Busy Call Forward | |
| EVC Busy Call Forward Extended | |
| EVD Delayed Call Forwarding | |
| HM1 Intercom Plus | |
| HMP Intercom Plus | |
| MVCCW Commstar II Call Waiting | |
| PF8 allows you to view the notes the telco is keeping on the customer. This | |
| is not a free-form notes screen, but is instead very structured. Notes are | |
| automatically deleted after two months unless the type code PERM is used. | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| |CMD MSG | | |
| |303 864 2475 2298 NP 3NOV 10 99 *CSR P 1 2 DNV 1FR | | |
| | | | |
| |BARBARA ANDERSON FOR | | |
| | | | |
| |DATE RP NOTATION USR TYPE PN ACT FU | | |
| |1209 1988 ESTAB FREE 976 BLOCK 12-9-88 LTR PERM | | |
| |0324 BARB SLD CCS DD 3-1 SKJ PSOC | | |
| |0213 NONE NBV CHK | | |
| |0213 BARB LOST BL ND DUPT SNT ASAP. AGRD ML COPY NBV MISC | | |
| | TDA. VRFY BL ADDR | | |
| | | | |
| |RP NOTATION TYPE PN ACT FU BD | | |
| | 1299 | | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| Valid type codes include: | |
| MISC Miscellaneous | |
| CHK Account review or pulled up wrong account | |
| PERM Permanent | |
| PASS Contact Passed Intra Company | |
| MORE More data follows on an additional screen | |
| OTHM Carrier toll and inquiry | |
| OHTD Carrier toll and inquiry | |
| OTHB Non-specific billing question | |
| PSON New connect, order negotiation | |
| CPN New connect, order canceled | |
| QPON New connect, order inquiry | |
| CARS | |
| ~~~~ | |
| CARS (Customer Access and Retrieval System) is used in the Western | |
| Territories of U.S. West. CARS stores bill and credit information, | |
| equipment information, carrier billing information, customer contact notes | |
| and payment history. CARS user id's are six characters and normally begin | |
| with a 'B' for business. CARS passwords (lockwords, in U.S. West parlance) | |
| are from 4 to either characters and must contain at least one alpha and one | |
| numeric character. CARS passwords expire after 30 days. You will also be | |
| asked for a Project Code (use 'M'), a Group Code (use 'G') and a Position | |
| #. The Position # consists of a pair of two character fields. The first | |
| two characters are the office code and the second two characters identify | |
| the individual employee. The CARS interface is quite similar to the BOSS | |
| interface. The function keys for CARS are: | |
| PF1 = LDD (Long Distance Detail) | |
| PF2 = CSBL (Current Status Bill) | |
| PF3 = BILL (Bill Detail) | |
| PF4 = QTFU (Query/Treatment Follow-Up) | |
| PF5 = CCSR (Current Customer Service Record) | |
| PF6 = PREV (Previous Month's Information) | |
| PF7 = PADJ (Payment and Adjustments) | |
| PF8 = NOTE (Notations) | |
| PF9 = ABIL (Adjustment Bill) | |
| PF10 = COMPUTE (Compute) | |
| PF11 = F/B (Forward/Back) | |
| PF12 = BESS (Billed Entry Status Screen) | |
| PF2 will bring up the CSBL (Current Service Bill) screen, which shows you | |
| the "can be reached" numbers and names for the account you are looking at. | |
| PF5 will bring up the Current Service Record (CSR). A CARS CSR screen | |
| resembles a BOSS CSR screen: | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| |CMD___________________________________________ Q: | | |
| |(a)303 864 2475 (b)2298 72W (c)NOV 10 99 *CCSR* LIVE (d)P00001 COS | | |
| |(e)BARBARA ANDERSON FOR SEA 1FB TAX FSL | | |
| | (f)---LIST | | |
| | NP (NP) ANDERSON, DARRYL B | | |
| | LA 5425 ROWLAND CT | | |
| | (g)---BILL | | |
| | TAR 1700 | | |
| | MCN NXWAC | | |
| | COS 852-9200S | | |
| | BN1 BARBARA ANDERSON FOR | | |
| | BN2 DARRYL B ANDERSON | | |
| | BA1 5425 ROWLAND CT | | |
| | (h)---S&E | | |
| | ENT 000 | | |
| |(i) (j) (qty) (k) (l) (tax codes) | | |
| |02/18/92 05/18/90 1 FB/TN 621-2475/PIC XXX/LPS 42.10 &# | | |
| |02/16/90 05/18/90 1 HSO/TN 621-2475/SLS 2.00 &# | | |
| | 377000 | | |
| |02/16/90 02/16/90 1 TTB/TN 621-2475/SLS 0.00 & | | |
| | 377000 | | |
| |02/16/90 02/16/90 1 9ZR/TN 621-2475/SLS 4.22 | | |
| | 377000 | | |
| |RP-___________NOTE_________________________________________________________ | | |
| |____________________________TYPE_____FLUP_____PN_____ACT_____BD_____USR_____ | | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| Legend: | |
| (a) Telephone number | |
| (b) Customer code | |
| (c) Most current bill date | |
| (d) Page number | |
| (e) Billing name | |
| (f) LIST section containing listed name and address | |
| (g) BILL section containing billing name and address | |
| (h) S&E section containing products and service | |
| (i) Date original service was established | |
| (j) Date each service was installed | |
| (k) USOC's representing the products and services on the account | |
| (l) Monthly rate for each USOC | |
| Just as with BOSS, PF8 brings up the NOTE screen. The CARS NOTE screen | |
| differs slightly from the BOSS NOTE screen: | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| |CMD__________________________________________________________ O: | | |
| |303 864 2475 298 NP NOV 10 99 *NOTES* L00001 | | |
| |BARBARA ANDERSON FOR SEA 1FB LC 00 TAX FSLC | | |
| | | | |
| |DATE RP NOTATION USR OFC TYPE PN ACT FU | | |
| |1209 1991 DISCUSS BILL ONLY WITH BARBARA LTR TS1 PERM | | |
| |0324 BARB C015364 DD 030199 | | |
| | SLD CCS SKJ D18 PSOC | | |
| |0213 NONE NBV TS1 CHK | | |
| |0213 BARB LOST BL ND DUPT SNT ASAP. AGRD | | |
| | ML COPY TDA. VRFY BL ADDR NBV TS1 MISC | | |
| | | | |
| |RP NOTATION TYPE PN ACT FU BD | | |
| | 1299 | | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| Valid type codes include: MISC, CHK, PERM and PASS. | |
| .-------------------------------------. | |
| | Part II: Service Order Applications | | |
| `-------------------------------------' | |
| CORD | |
| ~~~~ | |
| CORD (Customer Order Retrieval and Display) is used in the 206, 503 and 509 | |
| NPA's. CORD has three functions: | |
| . Accessing service orders by order number | |
| . Locating order numbers by telephone number | |
| . Locating order numbers by telephone prefix | |
| Let's say you know that an attractive young lady is moving into your | |
| apartment complex but you don't know her apartment number or her telephone | |
| number. Connect to CORD and pull up all of the service orders for the | |
| apartment complex's prefix and scan them until you find one in the | |
| apartment complex on or near the date she moved in. It's much easier if | |
| you have at least a first name. | |
| To use CORD, you will need to know the code for your NPA. 206 is 0, 503 is | |
| 5 and 509 is 6. | |
| SOLAR | |
| ~~~~~ | |
| SOLAR (Service Order Logistics and Reference) is used in Southern 308, 319, | |
| 402, 515, 605 and 712. In addition, SOLAR is used in Northern 218, 507, | |
| 612 and 701. I do not know of an NPA where SOLAR is used exclusively. | |
| SOLAR has two capabilities: | |
| . Accessing service orders by order number | |
| . Accessing service orders by telephone number | |
| SOPAD | |
| ~~~~~ | |
| SOPAD (Service Order Provisioning and Distribution) is used in 208, 303 | |
| (TNOland), 307, 406, 505, 602, 719 and 801. SOPAD has two capabilities: | |
| . Accessing service orders by order number | |
| . Accessing service orders by telephone numbers | |
| .--------------------------------------. | |
| | Part III: Miscellaneous Applications | | |
| `--------------------------------------' | |
| PREMIS | |
| ~~~~~~ | |
| PREMIS (Premises Information System) is a geographical database designed by | |
| BellCore and used by various telco's across the country. Using Premis, an | |
| employee can do customer lookups by telephone number (CNA), check for | |
| multiple subscribers at an address (upstairs/downstairs), and view account | |
| status. PREMIS can be used directly, but it is also used by applications | |
| such as SONAR (Service Order Negotiation and Retrieval). | |
| To do successful PREMIS lookups, you will need to be able to encode your | |
| requests in the proper format. This is very difficult unless to do this on | |
| a regular basis. To make matters more difficult, "proper format" differs | |
| from area to area, even within the same RBOC! Particularly difficult are | |
| trailer parks, nursing homes, military bases and indian reservations. | |
| The PREMIS input screen looks like this: | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| |REQ PREM (a) | | |
| |SAGA (b) | | |
| |ADDR (c) | | |
| |LOC APT (d) FLR BLDG | | |
| |AHN (e) RT BOX (h) | | |
| |COM (f) TN (i) LN (j) STATUS (k) | | |
| | | | |
| |DAC (g) | | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| (a) Screen name (Request PREMIS) | |
| (b) Street Address Guide Area (see below) | |
| (c) Address | |
| (d) Location or apartment | |
| (e) Assigned House Number | |
| (f) Community | |
| (g) Destination Address Code | |
| (h) Route and Box | |
| (i) Telephone Number | |
| (j) Line Number | |
| (k) Status | |
| Valid SAGA codes include: | |
| CHY Northern Wyoming | |
| CPR Southern Wyoming | |
| DNV Denver, Colorado | |
| IDO Idaho | |
| MTA Montana | |
| NCO Northern Colorado | |
| SCO Southern Colorado | |
| NMX New Mexico | |
| PNX Phoenix | |
| TSN Tucson | |
| UTA Utah | |
| NE Nebraska | |
| If the PREMIS database was able to understand your query and find the | |
| address information, you will see an output screen that looks like this: | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| |REQ PREM TCAT (a) L# 1 BD (b) | | |
| |SAGA MN (c) EMP NMX | | |
| |ADDR 7821 LYNDALE AV S | | |
| |LOC APT 11 FLR BLDG | | |
| |AHN RT BOX | | |
| |COM***BLMGTN ST MN | | |
| | TN LN STATUS | | |
| | | | |
| |DES (d) | | |
| |DESCRIP (e) LYNDALE LODGE | | |
| | ZIP 55420 EX(f) MPLS WC(g) 612881 NPA(h) 612 RZ(i) 00 RE(j)| | |
| | BO DIR RTZ(k) 2 CO(l) 881 LCL(m) 1ESS | | |
| | PC(n) FDT,SAT TELF(o)1ES TAR(p) OTHR PD(q) | | |
| | (r)RMK | | |
| | | | |
| | (s)RMKT SCD: NPS ATX | | |
| | | | |
| | (t)RMKB LCC IS LCT # (v) (w) (x) (y) | | |
| | (u)STAT NON-WORK 06-23-96 TN 612 505-1942 CT Y CNF N DIP N CS 1FR | | |
| |LN JORGENSEN,ROBERT C & DIANE MWS NONE | | |
| | | | |
| |DAC (z) +PIC +PIC +PIC | | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| (a) Screen name (Request PREMIS Telephone Category) | |
| (b) Line ID number (Customer's 1st line, 2nd line, etc...) | |
| (c) Street Address Guide Area | |
| (d) Descriptive field | |
| (e) Descriptive address | |
| (f) Exchange | |
| (g) Wire Center | |
| (h) Numbering Plan Area | |
| (i) Resistance Zone | |
| (j) Ringer Equivalence | |
| (k) Rate Zone | |
| (l) Central Office | |
| (m) Local (switch type) | |
| (n) SAT means flow through orders can be negotiated. | |
| ASAT in this field means Saturday installer visits | |
| can be negotiated. | |
| (o) Telephone Features (switch type) | |
| (p) Tax Code | |
| (q) Plant District Code | |
| (r) Remark | |
| (s) Remark Basic | |
| (t) Remark Telephone | |
| (u) Status (see below) | |
| (v) Connect Through | |
| (w) Connected Facilities (service uninterrupted from previous tenant) | |
| (x) Dedicated Inside Plant | |
| (y) Class of Service | |
| (z) Destination Address Code | |
| Valid statuses are: | |
| NON-WORKING Non-working | |
| WORKING Working | |
| PEND-OUT Pre-completion disconnect | |
| SUSPEND Temporary denial for nonpayment | |
| UNKNOWN Unknown | |
| OSCAR | |
| ~~~~~ | |
| OSCAR (Optical Storage COM Application Replacement) is a application for | |
| archival and retrieval of microfiche files used in customer service. OSCAR | |
| will store the data from BOSS or CARS for up to 30 years. OSCAR is | |
| operated with these PF keys: | |
| PF1 = Main Menu | |
| PF2 = Bill | |
| PF3 = Print Verification Screen (and duplicate bill printing) | |
| PF6 = Previous Bill | |
| PF7 = Next Bill | |
| PF11 = Forward/Backward | |
| The OSCAR Main Menu will look something like this: | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| |CMD (a) MSG (e) | | |
| | | | |
| | OSCAR/ONLINE | | |
| | MENU | | |
| | | | |
| | TN: (b) CUS: SUF: | | |
| | DATE: (c) PRINT RANGE: (f) FINAL: (g) | | |
| | ACCT CENTER: (d) SUBPEONA: (h) | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | F1=MENU F2=BILL F3=PRINT F4=N/A F5=N/A F6=PREV | | |
| | F7=NEXT F8=N/A F9=N/A F10=N/A F11=F/B F12=N/A | | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| (a) Command section | |
| (b) Customer telephone number | |
| (c) Date (MMYY) | |
| (d) Account center (see below) | |
| (e) Message section | |
| (f) Print Range (number of months to print bills for) | |
| (g) Final (Y for final, blank for not final) | |
| (h) Reserved for the Subpeona Compliance Group | |
| Account Center codes are: | |
| CO Colorado and Wyoming | |
| NM New Mexico and Arizona | |
| NO North Dakota and Minnesota | |
| OR Oregon | |
| SO South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa | |
| UT Utah, Idaho, and Montana | |
| WA Washington | |
| PF2 will bring you to the first OSCAR Bill screen, which will look | |
| something like this: | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| |CMD MSG | | |
| | BILL P 1 S 1 | | |
| | BILL DATE: JUNE 23, 1996 | | |
| | ACCOUNT NUMBER: | | |
| | | | |
| | PAYMENT DUE JUL 12, 1996 | | |
| | 866 W. TNO Ave | | |
| | MERIDIAN CO 80301-0869 | | |
| | AMOUNT DUE $102.88 | | |
| | | | |
| |51 03208172009708711 1227021296 000000000000 000000051409 | | |
| | | | |
| |PAY U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS | | |
| |TOTAL DUE | | |
| | *836229150! | | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| PF11 will take you to the next screen of the bill. 'P' will take you to | |
| the next page of the bill. 'P' followed by a number will take you to that | |
| numbered page. PF2 will return you to the first screen of the bill. | |
| Here is a sample of the second screen of a bill: | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| |CMD MSG | | |
| | BILL P 1 S 2 | | |
| | PAGE 1 | | |
| | BILL DATE: JUN 23, 1996 | | |
| | MERIDIAN, CO 80301-0869 ACCOUNT NUMBER: | | |
| | | | |
| |PREVIOUS BILL PAYMENTS ADJUSTMENTS PASTDUE | | |
| | $30.06 $30.06 $0.00 DISREGARD IF PAID $0.00 | | |
| | | | |
| |THANK YOU FOR YOUR PAYMENT CURRENT CHARGES $102.88 | | |
| | | | |
| | PAYMENT DUE JUL 12, 1996 | | |
| | | | |
| | AMOUNT DUE $102.88 | | |
| | | | |
| |SUMMARY OF CURRENT CHARGES | | |
| | | | |
| | AT&T.............................................................. | | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| PF3 will bring you to the Print Verification Screen: | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| |CMD MSG PRINT SUCCESSFUL, ENTER NEXT COMMAND | | |
| | PRINT | | |
| | | | |
| |303 343 4053 871(a) B DATE: 0696 (b) FORWARD RANGE: (c) | | |
| | | | |
| |NAME: KEVIN MITNICK NO. OF BILLS: (d) | | |
| | | | |
| | ADDRESS VERIFICATION | | |
| | | |
| |L1: 10288 E. 6TH (e) | |
| |L2: AURORA CO | |
| |L3: | |
| |L4: | |
| |ZIP: 80010 3612 | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| (a) Customer telephone number and account code | |
| (b) Bill date | |
| (c) Number of months to print bills for | |
| (d) Number of copies to print | |
| (e) Customer address | |
| Press PF1 to return to the Main Menu or PF3 to print duplicate bills for | |
| mailing to the customer address. | |
| Other useful commands within OSCAR are 'F' for finding strings and 'R' | |
| to repeat a find. Use the LOFF command to log off. | |
| .----------------------------------------------. | |
| | Part IV: Relevant Acronyms and Abbreviations | | |
| `----------------------------------------------' | |
| ABIL Adjustment Bill | |
| AC Account Classification | |
| ANI Automatic Number Identification | |
| ARBL As Rendered Bill | |
| ASUM Adjustments Summary | |
| BD Bank Draft | |
| BD Bill Date | |
| BDPP Bank Draft Payment Plan | |
| BEAR Billed Entity As Rendered | |
| BESS Billed Entry Status Screen | |
| BLF Blocking Failure | |
| BO Business Office | |
| BOSS Billing and Order Support System | |
| BP Bill Period | |
| BSC Business Service Center | |
| CAMC Corporate Address Maintenance Center | |
| CARS Customer Access and Retrieval System | |
| CAS Customer Approval System | |
| CBR Can Be Reached | |
| CC Credit Class | |
| CCH Calling Cards Held | |
| CCG Current Charges | |
| CCSR Current Customer Service Record | |
| CI Credit Information | |
| CIF Communications Impaired Fund | |
| CIV Credit Information Verified | |
| CMC Credit Management Center | |
| CN Concession Service | |
| CNA Customer Name and Address | |
| CNC Call Not Completed | |
| CNL Customer Name and Locality | |
| CORD Customer Order Retrieval and Display | |
| COS Customer's Other Service | |
| COSMOS Computer System for Mainframe Operations | |
| CRIS Customer Record Information System | |
| CSBL Current Status Bill Screen | |
| CSR Customer Service Record | |
| CT Carryover Treat History | |
| CTO Cut-Off | |
| DAC Directory Assistance Charges | |
| DAK Denies All Knowledge | |
| DCK Dishonored Check History | |
| DDD Direct Distance Dialing | |
| DEP Deposit | |
| DN Denial Notice | |
| DOI Date Of Installation | |
| DUP Duplicate Billing | |
| ES Entity Status | |
| FACS Facility Administration Control System | |
| FCE Federal Access Charge | |
| FOMS Frame Operations Management System | |
| FRN Franchise Fee | |
| FU Follow-up | |
| FUSA Frame User assignment System Access | |
| HB Held Bill | |
| IC Itemized Calls | |
| INR Incorrect Rate | |
| LAL Local Usage Units Allowed | |
| LCR Local Usage Units Credited | |
| LCU Local Units Used | |
| LDD Long Distance Detail | |
| LDT Legislative Deaf Tax | |
| LPC Late Payment Charge | |
| LPC Loop Provisioning Center | |
| LU Local Usage | |
| MIG Message Investigation Center | |
| MIS Miscellaneous | |
| NOB Number of Bills | |
| NTN New Telephone Number | |
| OCC Other Charges and Credits | |
| OCP Optional Calling Plan | |
| ONI Operator Number Identification | |
| OSCAR Optical Storage COM Application Replacement | |
| OSP Operator Service Provider | |
| OTN Old Telephone Number | |
| MPS Message Processing Service | |
| PADJ Payments and Adjustments | |
| PB Pay By Date | |
| PDN Past Due Notice | |
| PN Position Number | |
| PPD Preferred Payment Date | |
| PREMIS Premisis Information System | |
| PTR Poor Transmission | |
| QTF Query Treatment Follow-up | |
| QTFU Query Treatment Follow-up | |
| RCK Returned Check History | |
| REB Rebill | |
| REF Refuse to Pay | |
| RMKS Remarks | |
| RP Responsible Party | |
| RSB Repair Service Bureau | |
| RSC Repair Service Center | |
| RT Remove from Treatment | |
| RTA Remove from Treatment Amount | |
| S&E Service & Equipment | |
| SAG Street Address Guide | |
| SAGA Street Address Guide Area | |
| TAF Telephone Assistance Fund | |
| TAP Telephone Assistance Plan | |
| TAR Tax Area Code | |
| TCAT Telephone Category | |
| TIM Timing | |
| TOPS Traffic Operator Position System | |
| TRFU Treatment and Follow-Up | |
| TRMT Treatment | |
| UBIC Unbilled Itemized Call | |
| USOC Universal Service Order Code | |
| PAH Previous Account History | |
| PIC/PICX Presubscribed Interexchange Carrier | |
| SCD Selective Carrier Denial | |
| SI Supplemental Input | |
| SOLAR Service Order Logistics and Reference | |
| SONAR Service Order Negotiation and Retrieval | |
| SOPAD Service Order Provisioning and Distribution | |
| USF Universal Service Fund | |
| USOC Universal Service Order Code | |
| UWM Unregulated Wire Maintenance | |
| VL Voice Link | |
| VMS Voice Messaging Service | |
| WC Wire Center | |
| WMC Wire Maintenance Contract | |
| WNO Wrong Number Reached | |
| .-----------------. | |
| | Part V: Credits | | |
| `-----------------' | |
| Thanks to Crimson Flash for the USOC and Line Class Codes which were taken | |
| from his article "The Fine Art of Telephony" in Phrack 40. | |
| Thanks to Major for his dedication to gathering information. | |
| Thanks to DisordeR for his technical assistance in writing this article. | |
| But most of all... thanks to U.S. West for making this all possible. | |