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From: jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Victims of Equal Access (?)
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Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 08:33:04 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 16 08:33:04 1985
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>  Equal Access may help the quality of the other companies' lines, but
>  would it be right if you were the "lucky" one to be assigned to one of
>  the lower quality carriers?  What does the net feel about these
>  politics?

If you want a "quality" carrier, you should speak up when given the chance
and choose the carrier you want!  You could as easily ask, "is it fair that
AT&T gets all the people who default?"

Actually, when Nashville (where I lived until 6 months ago) switched to
Equal Access, they had the same policy you have described; but AT&T did an
interesting marketing manoever that probably was responsible for keeping a
lot of people with them.  They sent out a card to all their present
customers (i.e., everyone with a telephone) which said something like "This
is your form for signing up for long distance service.  Just send it in and
you'll continue to have the quality service you've had all along." Since
none of the competing companies did the same thing (a form had been mailed
out earlier listing all the companies, including AT&T, and I suppose all
the others assumed that was all the advertising they needed?), no doubt
many people signed up for AT&T just because of the card.  Somehow I don't
think you have much to worry about.

Personally, I would LIKE to have the CHOICE of another long distance
service!  Here there's only AT&T, a few local companies that resell AT&T
WATS, and the promise that "next month" (for the past four months) MCI
and SPRINT will be available.
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Full-Name:  J. Eric Roskos
UUCP:       ..!{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!vax135!petsd!peora!jer
US Mail:    MS 795; Perkin-Elmer SDC;
	    2486 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, FL 32809-7642