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Wise says students can't use the special long distance offers because the University has negotiated a flat long distance rate with MCI, which gives the University a cheaper long distance rate compared to standard rates...

Author: By Jonathan A. Lewin, | Title: Monopolizing the Phone Lines | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

...response to many student inquiries over the year about MCI's discount plans, Wise says he is investigating whether HSTO can offer students long-distance packages in the future...

Author: By Jonathan A. Lewin, | Title: Monopolizing the Phone Lines | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

...office automatically assigns students to its service when they arrive on campus. In order to use carriers other than MCI, HSTO charges students a $5 surcharge per month for carrying the telephone service to a student's room...

Author: By Jonathan A. Lewin, | Title: Monopolizing the Phone Lines | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

Wise says that HSTO does not pass on all of the savings it receives from its contract with MCI and New England Telephone. The office uses all of this money for its overhead costs, including daily operations, repairs and uncollectibles, he says. "We're not doing a direct pass-through on the long distance--anyone can figure that out," Wise says...

Author: By Jonathan A. Lewin, | Title: Monopolizing the Phone Lines | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

...Civil Liberties Union of Harvard (CLUH) investigated whether the HSTO-MCI lock on student service is illegal, according to Jol A. Silversmith '94, the group's former director. Federal law allows private telephone systems to restrict subscribers to a single carrier through the late 1990s, Silversmith says...

Author: By Jonathan A. Lewin, | Title: Monopolizing the Phone Lines | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

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