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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Victor, I was curious about this, so I did a Google search, and found this AT&T RFO PDF:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="http://attnocpr.com/custportal/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ATT-PR-NOC-RFO.pdf">http://attnocpr.com/custportal/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ATT-PR-NOC-RFO.pdf</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">While it does not specifically talk to your cost question, it does define a simple procedure to request RFO via email, and one would presume there is no cost, since none specified.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#C1D40E">t:</span></b> (215) 867-8401
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#C1D40E">f:</span></b> (215) 268-7184<b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#C1D40E"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> NANOG <<a href="mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org">nanog-bounces@nanog.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Victor Breen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 17, 2019 2:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nanog@nanog.org">nanog@nanog.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> AT&T starting to charge for RFOs on ASE tail circuits?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Hey All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">I just caught wind from multiple support reps of ours that AT&T is now demanding payment to get an RFO. As in, our folks are calling up AT&T to see why a particular tail circuit was down for whatever period of time
and has since come back up with no clear utility power issue or backhoe fade to explain it. The response they get is that an RFO is billable and they have been asked to accept the charge to proceed (which they have rightly rejected thus far). This is the first
time I've heard of this happening with any of our last-mile transport providers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">I'm very curious, has anyone else experienced this lately with AT&T or any other carriers?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Victor Breen | <a href="mailto:victor@impulse.net">victor@impulse.net</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Sr. Engineer | Impulse Advanced Communications</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><br>
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