mchin@homxc (05/01/89)
telecom@bu-cs.BU.EDU (TELECOM Moderator): > > On Friday, MCI Communication Corporation announced a new plan for > residence phone subscribers. This plan has been started in direct > competition to AT&T's Reach Out America Plans. > When compared to AT&T's Reach Out Plan, the following basic > differences are noted -- {lines deleted} > > AT&T's bulk purchase plan for residences kicks in at 10 PM nightly. > MCI's new plan begins at 7 PM, giving an extra three hours of calling > time in the evening. Why was this stuff posted so early? Shouldn't you have waited until you got the inevitable reaction from AT&T and/or Sprint? Also, if you're going to describe the AT&T Reach Out America Plan, you should include the Evening and Daytime options which can be purchased for approximately an additional $1.00 per month each. The Evening option allows 15% discount on evening calls (5 p.m. - 10 p.m.). The Daytime option gets you a 5% discount on day calls. These discounts are subject to change. Notably, I know that the 15% discount is expected to change to 20% under new filings. Also, other rates are expected to change, possibly including the hourly charge. Please get all your facts before you start posting service comparisons. We get enough distortions from watching TV commercials. Yeah, yeah. I know I work for AT&T. But I'm not really advertising. Michael Chin | It could probably be shown by facts AT&T Bell Laboratories | and figures that there is no distinctly att!homxc!mchin | native American criminal class Arpa: mchin@homxc.ATT.COM | except Congress. - Mark Twain
hofkin@software.org (Bob Hofkin) (05/03/89)
According to the MCI rep I spoke with, the "Prime Time" flat rate is effective at all times EXCEPT weekdays 8 AM - 7 PM, and Sunday 5 PM - 7 PM. A call placed during those hours gets a 10% discount from the regular rates. Residential customers can choose "Prime Time" or "Saturday Supersaver," but not both. The plans start June 1. Current MCI customers should be warned that the existing volume discount plan is being scaled back. The rep denied that "Prime Time" is direct competition to Reach Out America, but then she repeatedly compared the two programs! Bob Hofkin