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Article #2085Re: 5000 Customers Go Back To Bell, But At What Price?
From: Patrick Coghlan
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 00:00
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"HellCanada" (Eric@inforoute.net) writes: > I was talking to someone a few days ago who got a call from Bell Canada > about his long distance. They offered him 85% off his rates if he would > switch back to Bell Canada. Anyone else hearing stories like this? > > I still wonder how many are leaving each week. Must be a hell of a big > door... if they are getting back 5000 to 7000 a week from those who are > sick and tired of paying their high rates? > > Anyone else notice the warning on the TV by Bell about "Limited Time > Offers"? Isn't that what their 12c a minute is? Limited until the 29th of > April, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Friday 6PM to Sunday 6PM (Notice it goes > back up for Sunday nights, which is when many consumers call.) > Yup, watch that fine print. Once the special offer expires, compainies like Sprint will continue to offer better long distance deals. My statement from Sprint shows that I have saved something like $900 off the rates Bell normally charges since I switched over about 2 years ago. -- -Pat bn207@freenet.carleton.ca
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 114977,dcd588203614c18f X-Google-Attributes: gid114977,public From: bn207@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Patrick Coghlan) Subject: Re: 5000 Customers Go Back To Bell, But At What Price? Date: 1997/04/01 Message-ID: <5hreo1$616@freenet-news.carleton.ca> X-Deja-AN: 229911502 References: <01bc3d82$b68762a0$fee113cc@slip0.inforoute.net> X-Given-Sender: bn207@freenet3.carleton.ca (Patrick Coghlan) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet Reply-To: bn207@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Patrick Coghlan) Newsgroups: can.consumers