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From: konstan@elmer-fudd.berkeley.edu (Joe Konstan)
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Subject: Re: Sprint Wars (Was: Sprint Puts it in Writing: On Your Bill!)
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Date: 24 Sep 90 22:58:55 GMT
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In TELECOM Digest #669, John Higdon writes:

> A number of well-meaning readers advised me a while back to check out
> this plan or that plan involving long distance. Unfortunately, no IXCs
> currently offer any calling discounts for traffic within California.
> Since I make about two calls outside the state per month, no IXCs
> interstate rates or packages interest me in any way.

That is not presently true.  While AT&T does not offer a "Reach Out
California" plan (and I keep getting told by their reps that the PUC
will approve it any month -- this has been for over two years), MCI's
PrimeTime Plus *does* include in-state long distance calls in its
10.whatever cents per minute (one hour min) rate.  An additional
benefit is that this rate starts at 5pm weekdays.

MCI is missing a bunch of other features (no calling card integration)
and has the annoying habit of not allowing calls that would have been
cheaper to be deselected from the bulk plan (except by 10XXX with some
other carrier) but it is a pretty good savings for me (as my Wife has
family in Sacramento and San Diego).

Joe Konstan