Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 6 Jun 91 18:06:57 GMT From: John Eaton Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: MCI's $20 Promotion Message-ID: Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA 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 433, Message 4 of 13 Lines: 24 > After a period of time, the customer could initiate a PIC-change to > another carrier, incurring yet another $5 charge by the RBOC. At that > point, the net value of MCI's promotion to the end user is a CLEAR, > $10! > Not a bad deal, really. It just depends on how much value one > places on his / her time - to place the PIC-change order. Better go back and read the fine print. You are agreeing to sign up for MCI's PLUS program which charges you a fee of $7.50 a month. If you can do it in a single month you only make $2.50. Getting out of these programs is not as easy as one might think. Last March I called the ATT customer disservice line and asked to be taken off the Reach Out America plan. The charge was still on the April bill so I called again. Ditto for May. I'm as patient as the next man but if it is still there in June then we are going to war. If anyone has any hints on the best way to attack a problem like this then please let me know. John Eaton !hp-vcd!johne