Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sun, 28 Apr 91 16:26:54 MDT From: Steve Elias Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Sprint Raises 800 Monthly Fee Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 314, Message 2 of 8 Lines: 47 > From: eddy@jafus.mi.org (Eddy J. Gurney) > eli@cisco.com (Steve Elias) writes: > > ...charge for 800 numbers to $15 from $10. > I had not received _any_ information that this was going > to happen, and I immediately called them to complain. Same here. I guess I should have yelled at them more loudly: > They were very > nice about it, and said they would credit my next bill with $15. Wow! You must have chewed them out good, huh? > Anyway, the $15 has suddenly made 800 service through Sprint less then > desirable. Yeah, but they just paid you three months worth of the extra $5 !! You may as well hang with them for a few more months, now. In fact, you could probably yell at them every other month and get more credits out of them -- they're soooooo apologetic and eager to give out credits sometimes! > The previous $10/month charge was barely acceptable, but > this definitely puts it over the edge. It looks that way to me, too. The only saving graces of Sprint's service is the six second billing increments (and the awesome call volume and clarity). Does anyone know of other 800 services which offer six second billing? > [Moderator's Note: You might ask if Telecom*USA is still offering > their 800 service at $2.75 per month plus the cost of the calls. Six second billing? eli [Moderator's Note: No, one minute billing, but the difference between the $2.75 per month and Sprint's $15 per month for a low volume user would require quite a few calls rounded to the next six seconds to make up the difference. PAT]