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- Path: sparky!uunet!caen!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!telecom-request
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 17:24:14 EDT
- From: dwn@dwn.ccd.bnl.gov (Dave Niebuhr)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: MCI Telemarketing
- Message-ID: <telecom12.704.11@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: TELECOM Digest
- Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
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- X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu
- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 704, Message 11 of 11
- Lines: 32
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- I had two calls from MCI this morning and and the person on the other
- end wanted wanted me to switch to them via their Friends and Family
- plan.
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- First of all, I hung up on the first person and then thinking about it
- contacted my Telco (NYTel) to put a lock on my numbers (2) due to
- fears about slamming.
-
- The second call came in and after a few questions, determined that the
- call was due to my number being on a list of numbers to call to get
- switching of LD carriers.
-
- I questioned that by asking how my number appeared on their list and
- was told that there was a computer printout in front of her and that
- was what she was using; no names/phone numbers givven to indicate that
- I might be interested.
-
- What is going to be interesting is if I receive the same call in the
- future using my dedicated line that has a phone attaced to the modem
- but is not advertised.
-
- It seems that MCI is no better than a telemarketer.
-
-
- Dave Niebuhr Internet: niebuhr@bnl.gov / Bitnet: niebuhr@bnl
- Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 11973 (516)-282-3093
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-
- [Moderator's Note; You *were* talking to a telemarketer for MCI, not
- the company itself. PAT]
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