Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: lars@salt.acc.com (Lars Poulsen) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: MCI FAX Network Message-ID: Date: 19 May 89 23:14:24 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Not Much Lines: 22 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 170, message 4 of 9 I just received a pretty, multi-colored brochure from MCI, headlined "What a beautiful day for a revolution". The revolution is that MCI now has "a dedicated FAX network". Is this in the same sense that they have "dedicated customer service", or do they really have a SEPARATE national long-distance telephone network that exclusively carries FAX traffic ? It would seem to make no sense at all to maintain a dedicated FAX network, when you already have a telephone network. The brochures include a price list giving per-minute charges in US mileage bands as well as internationally by country. I don't have the MCI telephone price list hand; can I save this list and use it as a price list for my MCI telephone calls ? If the prices are different for phone and FAX, why ? If they are lower than the phone prices, what's to stop me from pretending my phone is a FAX ? / Lars Poulsen ACC Customer Service LARS@SALT.ACC.COM