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From: mtxinu!ingres.com!reb@uunet.uu.net (Phydeaux)
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Subject: Re: Telecom*USA 800 Service vs. MCI
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Date: 31 Jan 91 19:32:29 GMT
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In article <16510@accuvax.nwu.edu> eddy@jafus.mi.org (Eddy J. Gurney)
writes:

>Just a quick note to let you know that I also called Telecom*USA and
>requested an 800 number with them.  They said there is a one-time
>$25.00 service charge, and that the rate was $2.75/month.  Calls will
>be billed at $0.29/minute during the day and $.2175/minute during the
>evening.  This sounds very similar to the numbers you have now, and
>cheaper than MCI's personal 800 service, which is $5.00/month and
>requires users to enter a "security code" so "you control who calls."
>This sounds to me like an excuse to let multiple users share one 800
>number. :-)

When I spoke to MCI they told me that it was $5.00/month and ??/min -
*UNLESS* you had MCI as your LD carrier.  In that case, you would not
have a monthly charge and you could use their hourly calling packages
(I forget what theirs is called) for incoming *and* outgoing calls.
Hourly calling in the evening and on weekends, xx% discount on
incoming calls during the day.  Unless the drone I spoke to didn't
know what he was talking about (highly likely) it would seem that
that's the way to go.


reb

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