[comp.dcom.telecom] Pac Bell Pays 7% Interest

Howard Gayle <howard@halserv2.hal.com> (05/09/91)

I just got new service from Pacific Bell.  I chose to pay an $80
deposit rather than answer credit-application type questions.  They
claim they'll refund the deposit in one year, with 7% interest.  This
is a higher interest rate than any local bank money market account I
know of.  Too bad they won't take a bigger deposit! :-)

Henry Mensch <henry@ads.com> (05/12/91)

Hmm ... I wouldn't answer those questions either, and I didn't have to
pay a deposit (although the first telebozo I spoke to was insisting
that I had to turn up at a Pac*Bell office with photo ID before the
installation date.  Maybe I should have paid .. :)

(this is recent experience ... like last month!)


Henry Mensch / Advanced Decision Systems / <henry@ads.com>