Re: PM-3 doesn't do BRI, solution.

Joe Portman (baron@ws4.aa.net)
Mon, 7 Oct 1996 03:25:52 -0700 (PDT)

> Actually, unknown to most, MCI is about to come it and slap
> most LECs by offering about $12 POTS lines over channelized
> T1s and when the switch is upgraded (many are already done)
> you will be able to get PRIs rather than the channelized T1
> for about $12/B channel. I can't wait to make the call
> to US Worst to ask for the price of PRIs, and then ask them
> to cancel 200 POTS lines cause they rape and pillage us so
> bad. Maybe oneday they will learn.

That's news to me, and I have over 200 MCI lines, 72 of which are
delivered on T1's. They certainly don't cost $12.50. More like $24 + taxes
and FLAC for a total of about $31 per line.

I'm pushing the regional sales manager to be agressive with their PRI
pricing because they can _own_ the ISDN market in Seattle/Tacoma if they
do.

>From all reports, they're just going to undercut US Worst by a few
percent.

I'm trying to explain to them that the reason nobody buys the product now
is that it's about 5 times the price it ought to be.

BTW, I "fired" US West a few months ago. You could have heard a pin drop
when I put in a disconnect order for their lines. :-) Man, I still smile
when I think about it.

Later,
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