ehopper@attmail.com (05/29/91)
At present, full time management employees (at least lower ranking management employees like me) have the following deal on AT&T long distance within the USA: First $35.00 per month of calls - 100% discount (i.e., free). Next $65.00 worth of calls - 50% discount. Non-management employees do not get such a good deal. I recall something like $5 free and and 50% off on the next $25 or $35. Back in the old Bell days, the late Mountain Bell gave me free local service, free features (custom calling, touch tone) plus a smaller long distance discount ($15 free). This process is known internally as a "concession". "Concession" billing was also used by the BOCs for "offical" (i.e., internal) service. I remember pulling up the service records and bill on the Mountain Bell Centrex in El Paso, TX (before the barbarians at SW Bell took over). The bill was $0.00. This was for a three thousand line switch with massive amounts of 1A2 key equipment. In addition, by producing a valid ID badge at a phone center store one gets the "employee price" for telephone sets, answering machines, etc. Last week for example, I bought one of the digital answering machines for under $100. Regular price is $139.99. Sometimes sale prices at department/electronics stores on AT&T merchandise is better than this discount, sometimes not. Finally, various computers have been offered for sale. Sometimes these are good deals, sometimes not. The last deal was on a 6386/SX although I do not recall prices. Ed Hopper AT&T Computer Systems (for now)