0002293637@mcimail.com (Krislyn Companies) (10/21/90)
tad@ssc.UUCP (Tad Cook) writes (about my comments on lowering of MCI Mail prices) .... >> Don't forget about the fact that, in the past 18 months or so, MCI >> Mail ... -- introduced toll-free access. >But when I complained about the ending of the local numbers, they told >me they were centralizing the service via MCI 800 numbers as a COST >SAVING MEASURE. I have to admit that this is the first complaint I've heard about being able to reach MCI Mail for free anywhere in the country. >> -- introduced the Preferred Pricing option which gives up to 75% savings >> for the first 40 email messages and/or pages of fax. > But you PAY $10 per month for this! The $10 you pay _includes_ the first 40 email messages and/or pages of fax. It's not the same as telephone services where you pay a fee and then pay extra for the phone calls. If you send 40 7500-character email messages (@ $1.00 each = $40 on regular billing), your savings is 75% ($30/$40). If you send 40 1-page faxes (@$.80 each = $32 on regular billing), your savings is 69% ($22/$32). >> Paul Wilczynski >> Krislyn Computer Services >> MCI Mail Agency > OH! ANOTHER MCI Mail agency rep! I'm not sure what this comment means (except for sarcasm, obviously). There is more than one agency in the country, and we all speak for ourselves. > Bottom line: They are raising the rates. Period. Yep, you're absolutely right. If I seemed to imply they weren't, I apologize. > One interesting thing ... the billing insert didn't say this, but the > rep pointed out that since I am on the $10 per month high volume plan, > I don't pay an annual fee anyway. Glad you mentioned this ... I wish I had remembered to! :-) [Moderator's Note: The thing with the 800 number was nice, but some folks already were in a local area where a call to MCI Mail was 'free', or within their local calling area. As a result, to raise the service charge now saying 'you can call us for free on the 800 number gives those folks no special comfort. PAT]