Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!ames!lll-winken!telecom-request From: seanwilliams@attmail.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: MCI Advertising For New Slamming Victims??? Message-ID: Date: 19 May 91 14:58:09 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 41 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 377, Message 4 of 9 cmkrnl!jeh@decwrl.dec.com writes: > ...I saw an ad on TV last night which should raise the hackles of any > slamming victim. They were looking for subscribers to one of AT&T's > special long-distance plans ... We'll give you at least 10% savings, > and we'll offer to switch them to MCI."... The service MCI is describing is called Friends and Family. Here's how it all works: First of all, you must be an MCI customer yourself. Look at your phone bill. Write down the twelve numbers you call most often. If these numbers are either friends or family, call MCI and tell them. MCI will check to see if they are also MCI customers. If they are, they will become part of your "Circle of Callers". What does this mean? It means that if you call them, you will get a 20% discount on the call, on top of any other discounts you are entitled to (a PrimeTime plan, for example.) Of course, if they are not MCI customers, MCI will tell them that YOU requested them to join MCI. If they eventually do join, they will then become part of your circle of callers. Their benefit? They get to call YOU for 20% off. You are automatically part of your own circle, so when you call home with your MCI Card you get a 20% discount also. MCI compares this plan to AT&T's SuperSaver, which gives discountes to specific area codes. I would assume that SuperSaver gives a 10% discount, and this is why MCI says "save an additional 10%" in the ad you mentioned. (Hence a 20% discount, total). I would assume the Friends and Family plan is catching on fairly quickly in the realm of BBS callers. Sean E. Williams | seanwilliams@attmail.com Spectrum Telecommunications | "I own Spectrum, so our 333 Prospect Avenue / PO Box 227 | opinions are very similar" Duncannon, PA 17020-0227 USA | voicemail: +1 717 957 8127