Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sat, 4 May 91 11:19:00 EDT From: John Boteler Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: MCI Suspends New 900 Applications 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 333, Message 3 of 4 Lines: 17 MCI dropped the shoe yesterday by announcing that it was suspending all new orders for 900 service due to "eight figure losses" in that department. How does any company let things get that bad before taking action? Did their overabundance of sleazy programs lead to excessive caller refusals to pay, and therefore to the losses? Or was it good old fashioned mis-management? (bill@toto exempt from the above questions.) John Boteler bote@csense {uunet | ka3ovk}!media!csense!bote SkinnyDipper's Hotline: 703 241 BARE | VOICE only, Touch-Tone(TM) signalling