Re: MCI Sucks: BEWARE!!!

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From: ztest
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 00:00

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 I had heard that MCI was
>going to start offering individual SLIP/PPP accounts. Well, I called them, was
>transferred to the person in charge of this who duely took my name, phone #,
>address, etc. and they would get back to me. Weeks went by and- nothing. So I
>called them again and basically went through the whole thing again and was told
>I would be getting something in the mail.  Didn't hear back from them and at the
>same time was getting calls from access providers wanting me to sign up with their
>service. (How they got my name I don't know) I finally found a good local ISP that I
>have a PPP account with so I can access the Web with Netscape. Never did hear back
>from MCI-

yes you did, you just didnt realize it..MCI got your name. number etc etc, compiled a
BIG list of people just like you, and sold it for thousands of dollars to other ISP's.
..pretty smart eh?

Ryan

Ryan Schuermann
Technical Analyst
PARANET, Inc
1-713-626-4800
ryan@nwpros.com
schuermann@paranet.com

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From: "ztest@amoco.com" <ztest@amoco.com>
Subject: Re: MCI Sucks: BEWARE!!!
Date: 1996/03/06
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