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John,

I think you are allowing your zealous dislike for AT&T (etc.)
to cloud your sensibilities.  Just because the woman
*said* she was from AT&T, that doesn't make it true.
It's not uncommon for scumbags to use such opening lines
to get their "mouth in your ear" (cf: "foot in the door").
After all, she *was* a telemarketer.

I've always found AT&T *employees* to conduct themselves
professionally.  However, more than once, I've gotten a
call from someone representing themself as being from AT&T,
but, when I asked them *explicitly*, "Are you an employee
of AT&T?" I then got the hem-and-haw reply of "Well, not exactly ..."

You're in the data-comm biz, John; (I'm not, but) I consider you
to be a competent, and ethical, person, so I'm sure you do have
justification for your opinion of AT&T (& Sprint & MCI),
but you lose credibility by grasping at the example, below,
for support.

-- brent

In article <john-1203961218170001@bovine.ati.com>,
John Higdon <john@bovine.ati.com> wrote:
>In article <sfgeorgeDo50Cw.Mr@netcom.com>, sfgeorge@netcom.com (George
>Grapman) wrote:
>
>>    I might be more impressed with those other companies if,when they call 
>> me at home, they could quote specific rates instead of just saying that 
>> they are (fill in blank) percent lower than (fill in name of company)>
>
>The only companies that call me at home are AT&T and MCI. In fact, I had a
>very strange call from a woman that introduced herself as being from AT&T.
>When I informed her that AT&T was PIC on that line, she said, "Well, we
>would like to update our records. About how much per month do you spend on
>long distance?"
>
>"Excuse me? You are AT&T--you TELL ME how much I spend!"
>
>"I would like to ask you just a couple of other questions if I could..."
>
>"I'm not giving out any personal information, you understand."
>
>"Oh, well, then have a nice day. [click]"
>
>I don't know what that company is trying to pull, but I am not interested.
>
>-- 
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