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...area. Dozens of such reassignment possibilities now exist across the U.S. as a result of the 1984 breakup of the Bell System. The main focus of the telephone balloting battle, though, was on AT&T (1985 long-distance revenues: $17.3 billion) and its two remaining major national rivals, upstarts MCI ($2.5 billion) and US Sprint ($1.4 billion). Last week experts projected that AT&T would claim 80% of the final vote. MCI will probably trail with 10%, and Sprint will follow with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ratifying a Winner in the Phone Vote | 8/25/1986 | See Source »

Those consumers who received ballots but did not vote -- perhaps 30% of telephone users -- will find the choice made for them. They will be assigned a carrier according to the outcome in their region. If ballots split 60% for AT& T and 40% for MCI, for example, 60% of nonvoting consumers would receive AT&T service while the remainder would find themselves dialing on MCI. Customers could switch carriers thereafter, but would pay a $5 fee to their local Baby Bell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ratifying a Winner in the Phone Vote | 8/25/1986 | See Source »

...have four different long distance companies, and MCI was the only one that screwed up. Sprint did it all right; AT&T was all right. MCI was the only one [I had a problem with]." INVOICE 57129235 CYCLE 11 FEBRUARY...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: $15,000 Bill Shocks Student | 3/4/1986 | See Source »

CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT OTHER CALLS USING YOUR MCI SERVICE. 914-937-0353 THE SAME WAY YOU DIAL ALL FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE CALL...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: $15,000 Bill Shocks Student | 3/4/1986 | See Source »

Apparently Chen was a victim of the dreaded"code fraud," said John Houser, MCI's Washington,D.C. spokesman. He said that someone probablygained access to his wallet or otherwisediscovered Chen's MCI number, a problem prevalenton college campuses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: $15,000 Bill Shocks Student | 3/4/1986 | See Source »

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