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To: Dennis R. Duke who wrote (41378)	3/27/1998 9:40:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 61433

MCI Backs Bill To Protect Consumers From Slamming PR Newswire - March 27, 1998 17:57 MCIC %TLS %UTI %LEG V%PRN P%PRN DENVER, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- This statement should be attributed to Bill Levis, regional director for MCI Public Policy: "MCI supports the kind of anti-slamming legislation introduced today in the Colorado House of Representatives, and its endorsement of Third Party Verification as an important consumer protection tool. "Slamming -- the unauthorized transfer of a customer's account -- is damaging for consumers and our industry. MCI has suffered millions of dollars in lost revenue by having large numbers of our customers converted away without their authorization. "MCI is a leader on this issue, employing quality control measures that set the gold standard in the industry -- Third Party Verification, or TPV. MCI advocates adoption of TPV as a nationwide requirement, and we are pleased that it is a part of House Bill 1405. "Third Party Verification involves telephone confirmation of carrier switches by an independent third party verification company. TPV is quick, consumer friendly, and effective. It confirms essential information about the customer's decision to switch in a one to two minute call. Importantly, the TPV company receives no commission or other financial incentives to confirm sales orders. It simply verifies customer choice. MCI's own experience with TPV convinces us that it is the single most consumer-friendly and effective approach to curbing slamming." SOURCE MCI /CONTACT: Barbara Gibson of MCI State Policy Communications, 415-228-1052 or 800-644-NEWS, Pager, 800-MCI-WORD, pin 275-5374/ (MCIC)

To: Dennis R. Duke who wrote (41378)	3/27/1998 10:35:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 61433

The one month free trial has subjected us to slower turnaround time and a lower class of posters. But what can you expect for people who riding for free. Dennis, Are you finding SI's response to be slow? I assume that is what you meant. If that is correct, might it possible be the new interface or just that added traffic? Personally, I paid to get on SI to avoid the Yahoo type attackers, and get to informative posts. Now the free thing has them here, too. The free "thing" ends March 31st. Then it will be time to pay up or leave within 30 days. Oh well:-) Glenn

To: Dennis R. Duke who wrote (41378)	3/28/1998 1:50:00 AM
From: djane	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

OT. Dennis, I completely agree. The Yahoo ASND threat is worthless. To get to one nugget (maybe the stray ASND engineer posting meaningful info), you have to wade through inananity, pure hypesters, shorts without facts, and people with just too much time on their hands who enjoy a forum. Maybe there is something to an elitism threadism online. If I were running SI, I would keep increasing the annual/lifetime fee to keep it special. Maybe even a thread master to boot off people with obvious, superficial agendas who don't post anything worthwhile. Just a thought. djane