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From: v116kznd@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Dave Archer)
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Subject: Re: MCI As Slamming King
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In article <12195@accuvax.nwu.edu>, 0003829147@mcimail.com (Sander J.
Rabinowitz) writes...

>>From all accounts MCI does seem to be the slamming king.  I have,
>>on several occasions, had to "clean off" MCI as the default carrier
>>on some of my clients' trunks.  Associates of mine report the same ...

I've wondered if any of this has anything to do with telemarketers
hired by the LD companies imposing quotas on their employees.  Such
as, "if you don't get 10 people an hour to switch over, you're out of
a job".  This might explain alot.  And as far as MCI, it could just be
they don't keep as close a watch on their telemarketers as the other
companys do.

BTW, I've not had any problems with MCI bothering me.  In fact, the
only time I remember MCI calling me, I could barely understand the
person with all the static and buzzing and such.  Sounded more like
the call was coming from the moon during solar flare season.  Not
exactly very impressive.  This was several years ago however, I would
assume things are better, or at least hope that they don't call from
the moon anymore.  :)

(I have however, had two people from AAA drive over and insist that I
had ordered a membership while I very much recalled having told the
telemarketer a month earlier that I wasn't interested, although I
still have no idea how they knew my liscense plate number.)

Note: I do not represent my employer or school, & sometimes not even
myself.


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