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Article #7865Re: MCI Reneges on Customer Offers
From: John Higdon
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 00:00
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 00:00
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In article <3272c825.1359130@news.jhu.edu>, dulnev@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu
wrote:
> I finally found a solution to the problem though: I switched both my
> lines to LDDS Worldcom. I pay 12.5 cents per minute anywhere in US
> during the day and 10 cents at night which starts at 5pm! The billing
> is in 6 second increments so if I get a machine and hang up I get
> billed 1 or 2 cents. There's no monthly charge or minimum and no
> gimmicks. Within the last three weeks all of the Big Three reps called
> me with offers, but even their 50% offers couldn't beat what I was
> paying with LDDS.
I just pulled some major business accounts off of LDDS for doing exactly
what you claim they do not do: get business with a "come-on" rate and then
raise it later to a substantially non-attractive rate. Not only that, when
I pulled the LDDS business, they immediately slammed it back. I had to
switch all the accounts to "written authorization PIC change only" status
to keep LDDS from continually slamming the customer.
I would never use that company again even if it were the only way to make
a long distance call.
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John Higdon | P.O. Box 7648 | +1 408 264 4115 | FAX:
john@ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | +1 500 FOR-A-MOO |+1 408 264 4407
| http://www.ati.com/ati/ |
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