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From: friedl@mtndew.tustin.ca.us (Steve Friedl)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: MCI as Slamming King
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Nickolas Landsberg (an AT&T employee) writes:

> Regarding the slamming situation: Whenever I get called by <name your
> least favorite here>, I reply that I am an AT&T employee.

I have found this to be an excellent way to disarm most telemarketers.
I used to flame at them (MCI especially) but eventually got tired of
being so confrontational.  Now, when I get a call from some phone
company or newspaper, I just politely say that I work for the
competition.  The caller always thanks me for my time with a bit of a
chuckle and it makes for a very fast exchange.

If this catches on it could make for some fun meetings at Sprint
telemarketing HQ: "Dammit, 50% of the people we call work for AT&T.
How can this happen?"

It is also funny to think about MCI calling John Higdon and having him
tell them he works for Sprint :-)


Stephen J. Friedl, KA8CMY / I speak for me only / Tustin, CA / 3B2-kind-of-guy
+1 714 544 6561  / friedl@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US  / {uunet,attmail}!mtndew!friedl