Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: wmartin@st-louis-emh2.army.mil (Will Martin -- AMXAL-RI) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: A note on MCI Message-ID: Date: 7 Apr 89 19:02:07 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 17 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 128, message 5 of 6 An item from the Federal Bytes column on page 38 of Federal Computer Week, March 20, 1989: NO SHOES "The cobbler's children are alive and apparently well at MCI Communications Corp. A call to its 19th St. headquarters in Washington, DC last week produced one of these messages: "All operators are busy, but if you'll stay on the line..." The message was followed by a long silence. A live operator finally appeared, rang the public relations department as requested, and another recorded message and long delay ensued. Well, it is the long-distance company, after all, and we were calling locally." ***End of item*** Speaks for itself, I guess... :-)