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Article #14Re: Low cost international rates (No need to switch) (new rates and number)
From: Brad
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 00:00
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On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Lloyd Colston wrote: > Thank you for pointing this out to me in public. I think a > private email would have filled the bill nicely. Consumer awareness is everyone's business. If you need to rely upon unaware consumers, there is something wrong. > However, the MCI rate to which you refer is a special "hook" > which will end in 60 days. Then your rate will be 33% higher than this > one. Add to that the $5 per month you must spend just to GET the rate. > Conclusion: MCI has a good rate for the person who calls > overseas a lot. Obviously, this plan is not for you. No, that simply isn't correct either. There is no fee. It is a 6 month program, but this was the replacement for a previous 6 month program which replaced another which... AT&T has a US$0.52 rate which is 10 less than your company. I haven't checked with Sprint yet, but I'm sure they are in the same ball park. Conclusion? When calling South Africa at least, your "low" rates are ~20% above the going rate. Furthermore, you get upset when people point that out. Requiring ignorance to get customers is a bad business practice. Brad
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f50a6,6e169eb8bf094697 X-Google-Attributes: gidf50a6,public X-Google-Thread: f917c,6e169eb8bf094697 X-Google-Attributes: gidf917c,public X-Google-Thread: 1050a8,6e169eb8bf094697 X-Google-Attributes: gid1050a8,public X-Google-Thread: fdead,6e169eb8bf094697 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdead,public X-Google-Thread: fdb88,6e169eb8bf094697 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb88,public X-Google-Thread: 11049b,6e169eb8bf094697 X-Google-Attributes: gid11049b,public X-Google-Thread: fec28,708d3bed857a8ae3 X-Google-Attributes: gidfec28,public X-Google-Thread: f9987,708d3bed857a8ae3 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9987,public From: Brad <bwallet@osf1.gmu.edu> Subject: Re: Low cost international rates (No need to switch) (new rates and number) Date: 1996/11/22 Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.961122081050.4247A-100000@osf1.gmu.edu> X-Deja-AN: 200817110 references: <Pine.OSF.3.91.961121103004.32218H-100000@osf1.gmu.edu> <3295C245.6B82@viagrafix.com> content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: misc.consumer,misc.entrepreneur,alt.marketplace.funky-stuff.forsale,biz.marketplace.international,biz.marketplace.non-computer,biz.marketplace.services.non-computer,ok.marketplace,rec.travel.marketplace,alt.forsale,misc.forsale.non-computer