Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site uf-csg.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!akgua!uf-csv!uf-csg!engelke From: engelke@uf-csg.UUCP (charles engelke [fac]) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Phone solicitation from AT&T Message-ID: <262@uf-csg.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Nov-84 09:20:27 EST Article-I.D.: uf-csg.262 Posted: Thu Nov 8 09:20:27 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Nov-84 01:10:07 EST Organization: Univ of Fla, Computer and Information Science Lines: 29 I've been getting a lot of calls recently from AT&T trying to sell me their long-distance service. Since I told each caller I wasn't interested, the repetition grew annoying, and I complained to my local phone company. They said that there was nothing they could do (surprise!) and suggested I call AT&T in Atlanta to complain directly. When I complained to AT&T, they claimed that they NEVER called consumers to sell their service, and that the calls must be from their competitors, trying to get me annoyed with AT&T. If that's the case, it worked. I wonder, though. The calls did not begin until I authorized an AT&T competitor to be my primary long-distance carrier, and the callers have all given names (which I don't remember). None of the callers was impolite -- the only annoyance was the call itself, not its content. It doesn't seem like an effective tactic to me. Has anybody else been called by AT&T for long-distance? I don't think they told me thr truth, and wonder if it's widespread. Charles Engelke ..!akgua!uf-csv!engelke P.S. I have an alternate theory that the calls came from a market research firm. The callers ALL wanted to know who I was buying long- distance service from.