telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) (08/16/89)
On Tuesday, Montgomery Ward and Company announced that MCI had been selected to provide private network service to its 420 locations. Terms of the 3-year, multimillion dollar agreement were not disclosed. Wards said the selection followed a six month comparative test of MCI, Sprint, AT&T and other carriers. Montgomery Ward's corporate phone bill is approximatly *one million dollars per month*. I'd say MCI landed a juicy one this time. Patrick Townson
egs@u-word.dallas.tx.us (Eric Schnoebelen) (08/19/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0303m02@vector.dallas.tx.us> you write:
- On Tuesday, Montgomery Ward and Company announced that MCI had been selected
- to provide private network service to its 420 locations.
-
- Terms of the 3-year, multimillion dollar agreement were not disclosed. Wards
- said the selection followed a six month comparative test of MCI, Sprint,
- AT&T and other carriers.
-
- Montgomery Ward's corporate phone bill is approximatly *one million dollars
- per month*.
-
- I'd say MCI landed a juicy one this time.
MCI has landed several juicy contracts recently. Another that
they landed was the House of Representative network. The House has
opted out of FTS 2000 ( or at least that is the word around here. )
Now for a little bragging... MCI has been using our (JBA
Incorporated's) Hybrid Network Design System to design voice networks
for their customers for the last three years, including the House of
Representatives, and probably Montgomery Ward's.
The eastern regions have been most successful in using our
design system to make sales, with both of the eastern regions running
full time, and still not being able to get everything they need done
done. ( I won't say anything about the western regions... :-)
( We also have three RBOCs, one switch manufacturer, and a network
integrator as customers.. )
Publish this or not, as you see fit, but I felt a small need to
brag about how MCI is winning these contracts. :-)
Eric
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