Prepaid World Index Glossary
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| BAN - Billing Account Number - - Used by telephone
companies to designate a billing account, i.e., a customer or customer location
that receives a bill. A customer may have any number of BANs. |
| Banded Rates - - Tariffed rates which may be changed by
the carrier within a specified range. Frequently, state commissions require
notice to the commission prior to each change. Banded rates are being used less
frequently today. |
| Billing Account Number - BAN - - Used by telephone
companies to designate a customer or customer location that will be billed. A
single customer may have multiple billing accounts. |
| Bill-To-Room - - A billing option associated with
Operator Assisted calls that allows the calling party to bill a call to their
hotel room. With this option, the carrier is required to notify the hotel, upon
completion of the call, of the time and charges. |
| Bong - - An interactive signal that prompts the
originating end user to enter additional information. For example: 1010555 Bong
(Enter Destination) Bong (Enter Billing information) Also used to denote a
sucharge particularly in the calling card industry. |
| BTN - Billing Telephone Number - - The phone number
associated, for billing purposes, with the Working Phone Number. |
| Bypass - - Access an IEC other than the customer's
Equal Access carrier by dialing 10+CIC Code.(e.g. Bypass to WorldCom by dialing
"1010555"). See Walkthrough, CIC Code |