cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) (02/27/91)
On two pay phones in Newark, Delaware, I have discovered that the default long-distance carrier is listed as RCI Corp., 180 So. Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14646, telephone 800-836-8080. The zipcode turns out to be the same as Rochester Telephone Corp.
jkw@kodak.com (Jerry K. Wagner Internet: jkw@kodak.com) (02/28/91)
In TELECOM Digest V11 #167: >From: Carl Moore (VLD/VMB) <cmoore@brl.mil> > On two pay phones in Newark, Delaware, I have discovered that the > default long-distance carrier is listed as RCI Corp., 180 So. Clinton > Ave., Rochester, NY 14646, telephone 800-836-8080. The zipcode turns > out to be the same as Rochester Telephone Corp. In the Rochester Telephone White Pages, 1991, in the long distance carrier information section, RCI is listed as: RochesterTel RCI Long Distance complete with the Rochester Telephone logo. I believe RCI is a subsidiary, but I could be mistaken about the specific legal connection between the two. Jerry K. Wagner jkw@kodak.com 716 722 9532
CER2520@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Curtis E. Reid) (02/28/91)
>From: Carl Moore (VLD/VMB) <cmoore@brl.mil> > On two pay phones in Newark, Delaware, I have discovered that the > default long-distance carrier is listed as RCI Corp., 180 So. Clinton > Ave., Rochester, NY 14646, telephone 800-836-8080. The zipcode turns > out to be the same as Rochester Telephone Corp. RCI Corp. is a subsidiary of Rochester Tel. As many of you know from reading Telecom Digests, Rochester Tel has been diversifying itself by buying a lot of small telephone companies throughout the nation, operating a long distance carrier, and a cellular phone company. Rochester Tel is the largest independent telephone company and its financial situation is very good in comparsion with other telephone companies. They recently filed a tariff with New York Public Services Commission to offer Caller-ID services to begin on April. I have yet to hear wether the PSC approved it or not. Curtis E. Reid CER2520@RITVAX.Bitnet (Bitnet) CER2520@RITVAX.isc.rit.edu (Internet)
jjwcmp@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Jeff Wasilko) (03/01/91)
In Digest V11 #167, Carl Moore (VLD/VMB) <cmoore@brl.mil> asked about Rochester Tel and RCI. Yes, indeed, one of Rochester Tel's divisions is RCI Long Distance. I use RCI on occasion when I need to segregate LD calls for business (their code is 10211). Their rates are a bit lower than AT&T. For example, a one minute call to 619-673 (RANCHOBNRD CA) on AT&T was .24, and a five minute call on RCI was 1.18 (.236 per minute). Sound quality is excellent, and calls seem to complete quickly. I'm assuming that RCI leases capacity from other carriers for their network. For those who don't know, Rochester Tel now owns 250ish small telephone companies around the country. Jeff
freimer@moot.cs.cornell.edu (Robert Freimer) (03/03/91)
Yes, RCI is Rochester Telephone's long distance subsidiary. I have been using them for over a year, since they have much better intrastate rates for NY. They have an all digital network from Chicago to NYC and Boston. Rochester Telephone set itself up as a mini AT&T, but never had to divest. Besides long distance, they provide local service, and also sell equipment. Robert Freimer
ho@hoss.unl.edu (Tiny Bubbles...) (03/03/91)
In <telecom11.167.11@eecs.nwu.edu> cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) writes: > On two pay phones in Newark, Delaware, I have discovered that the > default long-distance carrier is listed as RCI Corp., 180 So. Clinton > Ave., Rochester, NY 14646, telephone 800-836-8080. The zipcode turns > out to be the same as Rochester Telephone Corp. Correct me if I'm wrong, but when Judge Greene barred Baby Bells from ever providing long-distance service, he did *not* mention the independent local carriers. As a result, there's nothing to stop such a local carrier from operating a long-distance division. Here in Lincoln, Neb., our local carrier (Lincoln Telephone) operates Lincoln Telephone Long Distance and promotes it pretty heavily. Of course, Lincoln Telephone *was* one of the first local companies to be successfully sued for blocking a third-party carrier. I believe it was MCI and its "Execuline" or "Executone" -- heck, Execu-SOMETHING -- back in the early 1980s. (For what it's worth, Lincoln Telephone has informally dropped the "& Tele- graph" from its name in most correspondence, but its official name still includes it. We call LT&T, alternatively, "Let's Try and Talk" or "Lincoln Tinkertoy.") Michael Ho, University of Nebraska Internet: ho@hoss.unl.edu Disclaimer: Views expressed within are purely personal and should not be applied to the Daily Nebraskan or any university department.
schoff@uu.psi.com (Martin Schoffstall) (03/06/91)
>I'm assuming that RCI leases capacity from other carriers for their >network. >For those who don't know, Rochester Tel now owns 250ish small >telephone companies around the country. RCI owns their own facilities throughout New York State (mostly digital microwave) and in fact is pretty dense (ie they have a lot of cities and towns covered with their own POPs). They also have POPs in places like Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, DC, Hartford, Newark etc, which have a mixture of owned and leased facilities, Boston,Chicago,DC represent the farthest extent of their "network". The center of their IXC web is New York State. They have even built fiber facilities and done lease back arrangements. For instance Rochester to Chicago was originally built by them but is now owned by Litel. RCI is one of the IXC's that PSINet uses to co-locate in. They provide quality leased line service, and are good people to work with. Marty