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- From: jongsma@esseye.si.com (Ken Jongsma)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Sprint 800 Residential
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- Date: 1 Jan 93 02:20:30 GMT
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 927, Message 6 of 14
-
- About a month ago, a Sprint rep called and asked if I wanted to try
- Sprint's Residential 800 service (I currently have Sprint as my PIC).
- They offered to waive the installation charge as well as the monthly
- service charge for the first six months. I travel frequently and
- thought it might be interesting to see how well it works.
-
- After one month, I have mixed feelings about it. On the positive side:
-
- - It's a "real" 800 number, with no PIN required. Sprint
- translates it to my home phone.
- - The rate is reasonable, .25 per minute, 24 hours a day,
- with no per call setup charge, from anywhere in the US.
- - My USAA group discount applies.
- - The calling number shows up on the bill (ANI).
-
- On the negative side:
-
- - It's billed separately from my other Sprint services. I called
- to ask if it could be combined, but apparently it's being handled
- by a different billing center and they can't combine at this time.
-
- - Of the five calls on my first statement, two were mine, made locally
- to "try out" the number. One was originated by Sprint, apparently
- as a test. (I called the number back and was connected to a
- customer service rep who was very confused. Apparently using her
- "direct" number doesn't setup up her computer screen.) Two were
- plain "wrong numbers."
-
- I'm confused about the monthly service charge. I thought the rep said
- it was $5 a month, but my first bill shows $1 (with a corresponding
- credit.)
-
- I'll give it the full six months, but I'm concerned about the number
- of wrong numbers. It could be more trouble than it's worth.
-
-
- Ken Jongsma
- Smiths Industries jongsma@benzie.si.com
- Grand Rapids, Michigan 73115.1041@compuserve.com
-