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Re: GTE made me an unhapy customer in L.A.

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From: The Pervert
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 00:00
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John wrote:
> 
> Is your phone service really through Media One's switches, or are they
> reselling lines they leased from GTE.  When local phone service became
> "competitive" a couple of years ago, this is what I was told was going
> on.  In other words, you *might* still have GTE, but now with a middle
> man.


You might be right.  But I did see Media One install new boxes in my
building and connected them to their cable feed lines.  However the
calls are being carried, I'm paying less, I feel like I'm getting better
service, and I don't have to straighten out GTE's screwed up billing
every month.

And this afternoon their rep told me their price just went down.  I
liked that.
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