ken@sharkey.cc.umich.edu> (04/10/90)
Our local paper had a small paragraph stating that MCI has purchased Telecom*USA. No additional details were available. Oh joy. The possibilities boggle the mind. Does MCI start charging exhorbitant AOS rates? Ken Jongsma ken%wybbs@sharkey.umich.edu Smiths Industries ken@cup.portal.com [Moderator's Note: I think you are mistaken. Telecom*USA is not an AOS. It is a genuine long distance company, with very reasonable rates. MCI has had an AOS provide their operator services in the past, however. What MCI has done is made an offer of $42 per share for Telecom*USA stock, which is well in excess of its present price of $22 per share. PT]
mbw@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Martin B Weiss) (04/11/90)
Telecom*USA does indeed provide operator services. I spoke with a representative at the ICA show, and he verified this (not only that, he gave me sales literature). He claimed that they were very sensitive to the overcharges that have characterized the industry, and claimed that, as corporate policy, they did not follow suit. I have no data to validate this claim, however. Martin Weiss Telecommunications Program, University of Pittsburgh Internet: mbw@lis.pitt.edu OR mbw@unix.cis.pitt.edu BITNET: mbw@pittvms