==Phrack Inc.== Volume One, Issue Two, Phile #7 of 9@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@ _ _ _______ @@ | \/ | / _____/ @@ |_||_|etal / /hop @@ __________/ / @@ /___________/ @@ Headquarters of Phrack Newsletter @@ @@ (314) 432-0756 @@ @@ Proudly Presents @@ @@ MCI Overview @@ @@ Written on 11/16/85 @@ @@ by @@ @@ Knight Lightning & Taran King @@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@MCI Communications Corporation, headquartered in Washington, D.C., provides afull range of domestic and international telecommunications services, includingvoice and data, telex and cable, paging and mobile telephone, and timesensitive message delivery.Since its founding in 1968, MCI has grown to more than $1.6 billion in annualsales and serves more than 1.9 million business, residential and governmentcustomers through its four major business units: MCI Telecommunications MCI Airsignal MCI International MCI Digital Information ServicesMCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS----------------------MCI Telecommunications provides domestic interstate long distance servicethroughout all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and majorcalling areas of Canada. It is also authorized to provide varying degrees ofintrastate long distance service in some states.MCIT also is the first long distance carrier other than AT&T to offer directdial service overseas. International telephone service is available to allresidential and commercial customers (with the exception of Private Linecustomers). In October, 1984 the first international service agreements wereannounced with the following countries: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, EastGermany, Greece, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.Total capital investment in MCI's long distance network is approximately $2billion. MCI's network, the second largest in the U.S., employs microwaveoptical fiber, satellite and various digital transmission technologies.Subscribers - Domestic Long Distance (as of 10/84)----------- ----------------------Residential 1.4 millionCommercial .3 million Total 1.7 millionOperations - (as of 10/84)Network Miles 20,543(microwave, optical fiber, satellite)Circuits 238,000Employees 9,500 (full-time, approx.)MCI AIRSIGNAL-------------MCI Airsignal provides personal message delivery and car telephone services.MCI Message Service is offered in more than 50 metropolitan areas. In 1984,service will commence in New York City, Baltimore-Washington, Los Angeles, andChicago. MCI car telephone service is offered in 20 markets.Personal Message Delivery Service--------------------------------- ALPHANUMERIC MESSAGE SERVICE Displays up to 40-character message using letters and/or numbers. Memory and recall ability. Alerts subscriber with a silent visual alert or a soft tone. DISPLAY MESSAGE SERVICE Displays up to 24-digit message (e.g., phone number, stock quotes, sales figures, coded messages). Memory and recall capability. Alerts customer to message with a silent visual alert or a soft tone. TONE MESSAGE SERVICE Notifies customer of a message with a soft tone. VOICE MESSAGE SERVICE Receives message in actual voice of caller. EXPRESS MESSAGE SERVICE Receives and stores messages. Instantly alerts subscriber via pager when a message is received.Car Telephone Service---------------------Enables customers to place calls to or receive calls from anywhere in theworld, 24 hours a day, as they travel in their cars. With the advent of newcellular technology, both the quality and the accessibility of car telephoneservice will vastly improve.MCI has thus far obtained franchises to operate a new kind of mobile phoneservice, cellular telephone, in Minneapolis and Pittsburgh, and has receivedfavorable decisions from FCC administration law judges authorizing service inLos Angeles, Denver-Boulder, and Kansas City. MCI has applied for licenses toprovide cellular service in 81 metropolitan areas.MCI Airsignal Branch Sales Offices----------------------------------Personal Message Service/Conventional Mobile Phone Service Birmingham (205) 942-2924 Sacramento (916) 444-2350 Memphis (901) 682-9658 Cleveland (216) 464-7311 Dallas (214) 788-5111 Fresno (209) 486-7410 Las Vegas (702) 382-7461 Denver (303) 778-7878 Portland (503) 227-2556 Philadelphia (215) 677-9845 Atlanta (404) 252-2114 West Florida (813) 875-3404 Minneapolis (612) 544-8175 Kansas City (913) 648-8090 Miami (305) 491-0122 Pittsburgh (412) 343-1611 Houston (713) 464-2516 Bakersfield (805) 832-2346Cellular Telephone Offices Minneapolis-St. Paul (612) 544-3312 Los Angeles (714) 527-0385 Elsewhere in California (800) 344-3455 Headquarters - Washington, D.C. (202) 429-9660MCI INTERNATIONAL-----------------MCI International provides private-line voice service to several overseascountries, and data and message services, including telex, cablegram, leasedchannel, and packet switching communications, to more than 200 overseas points.MCI has moved into two new areas of service: International direct-dialtelephone service and international electronic mail and hard-copy deliveryservices.International Record Services-----------------------------TELEX SERVICE (domestic and international) permits instantaneous, two-way,written communications with other subscribers worldwide. Customers can sendmessages at any time, even though the receiving terminal may be unattended.MCI International offers access to its telex service from a variety ofterminals and networks; not only subscribers with telex terminals but alsothose with communicating word processors, data terminals or computers thatcommunicate over telephone lines can take advantage of MCI International telexservice. To subscribers connected to its own telex network, MCI Internationaloffers World Message Services--a package of communications offerings includingtelex, cablegram and MCI Mail services. Various service enhancements areavailable to save time, improve operating efficiency and simplify recordskeeping for telex users.CABLEGRAM SERVICE, the traditional means of international writtencommunications, offers flexibility in delivery and economical rates for shortermessages. Cablegrams can be delivered to virtually any overseas point.Subscribers with telex terminals or various other types of equipment can accessand TELUS cablegram switch and take advantage of such service enhancements asabbreviated addressing and departmental billing.LEASED CHANNEL SERVICE provides an exclusive line between a U.S. firm and it'soverseas office for private communications 24 hours a day. Each MCIInternational leased channel is tailored to meet the needs of a specificcustomer for teleprinter, facsimile, voice and/or data traffic. Forsubscribers with several offices requiring private communications with eachother, MCI International offers a versatile message-switching service.Voice/data leases can be configured to meet a whole array of communicatingneeds; for example, one channel might carry data traffic from a computer atnight, voice communications during office hours, and simultaneous teleprintermessages at any time. Data channels can handle requirements for traffic at anyspeed from 1200 bits per second to 1.544 megabits per second.IMPACS SERVICE uses packet-switching technology to provide internationalcommunications service between data terminals and computers. Impacs offerson-line, real-time connections and enables many types of incompatible systemsto communicate. Impacs service offers virtually error-free transmissionbecause of the error-detection and retransmission capability of the network.INSTALINK SERVICE allows businesses overseas to use regular telex equipment toaccess remote computing systems and databases in the U.S. Subscribers canretrieve data from a computer-based information service or use a computingsystem connecting to a packet-switching network in the U.S.INTERNATIONAL FACSIMILE SERVICE enables subscribers to send duplicates oforiginal documents overseas quickly and efficiently, even when neither thesender nor the receiver has facsimile transmission equipment, or when thesender and receiver have incompatible equipment.DATEL SERVICE provides automatic or voice-coordinated data transmission atspeeds up to 2400 bits per second. Either digital or analog facsimile trafficcan be transmitted via Datel. Datel facilities are conditioned to ensurehigh-quality transmission. The MCI International switching center allowscommunications between incompatible terminals.MARITIME SERVICES provide instant, high--quality contact between ships at seaor offshore rigs, and between these vessels and land-based subscribersworldwide.International Voice Services----------------------------PRIVATE LINE SERVICE provides, fast, easy access to a single overseas locationat an economical monthly rate. This technically efficient system maximizes theuse of line capacity by recognizing idle time and assigning a speaker to atransmission path only when the path is needed. Users can dial a four-digitextension from a regular business phone to reach a key overseas location.International Mail Services---------------------------WORLD MESSAGE SERVICE subscribers can access the domestic electronic mail andhard-copy delivery offerings of MCI Mail. In addition, MCI International isdeveloping fast, low-cost services that will deliver electronic messages andhigh-quality printed documents worldwide.Customer Service----------------THE CUSTOMER TROUBLE REPORTING ASSISTANCE CENTER at MCI International addressescustomer concerns such as equipment maintenance and service performancequestions. Customer service specialists, on duty 24 hours a day on businessdays, answer questions and electronically route service requests to techniciansnationwide.MCI DIGITAL INFORMATION SERVICES CORP.--------------------------------------MCI Digital Information Services, MCI's newest unit, provides high-speed,low-cost, time-sensitive message delivery (MCI Mail), either electronically orvia hard copy.MCI Mail provides time-sensitive document delivery to anyone, anywhere vialMCI's long-distance telephone network. MCI Mail can reach a recipientinstantly, in four hours or less, or overnight by noon the next day. Pricesare as much as 90 percent lower than comparable time-sensitive mail deliveryservices. MCI Mail can be delivered electronically, terminal to terminal, orlaser printed on letterhead stationery with the customer's signature.MCI Mail customers can even order gifts and services direct through MCI Mail,ranging from software and paper for personal computers to investment advisoryservices to travel specials.There are no sign-up, monthly service charges or "connect time" charges for MCIMail. MCI Mail can be used by virtually any personal computer, word processor,electronic typewriter, data terminal, telex, or other digital communicationsdevice. The service is accessed by a local telephone call or 800 number.MCI Mail--------INSTANT delivery to an "electronic" mailbox.FOUR-HOUR paper delivery by courier to 17 major metropolitan areas regardlessof point of origin.OVERNIGHT paper delivery by courier by noon the next day in 20,000 continentalU.S. cities.MCI LETTER transmitted electronically to the MCI digital postal center nearestits destination, then delivered locally by the U.S. Postal Service.TELEX DISPATCH enables MCI Mail subscribers to transmit messages to the morethan 1.6 million telex subscribers worldwide.VOLUME MAIL enables customers to send large mailings in a variety of letterformats, at substantial savings in delivery time and expense.===============================================================================Look for more MCI Files coming to Metal Shop soon! This has been a Knight Lightning Presentation===============================================================================
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