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Technology Stocks : Qwest Communications (Q) (formerly QWST) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MangoBoy who wrote (1245)	5/14/1998 7:41:00 AM
From: Roger Hess	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6846

I don't know all of the nuances of the Telecom Act, but it seems to me that the basic purpose was to provide competition that will result in lower prices to the consumer. US West and Ameritech have taken steps to do this with their agreement with Qwest. The ones doing the suing seem to be advocating less competition and higher prices. If the Telecom Act has any meat to it, the ones suing shouldn't win. If they win, what good is the Telecom Act? What we need is for the telcos to sign up in droves. Who do you think might be next?

To: MangoBoy who wrote (1245)	5/14/1998 10:30:00 AM
From: MangoBoy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6846

[Ameritech and Qwest Team To Provide Customers A Combined Local, Long Distance Offer] Ameritech's CompleteAccess Offer Meets Customers' Needs for Choice, Convenience, Simplicity and Value CHICAGO and DENVER - May 14, 1998 - Ameritech and Qwest Communications today announced a teaming arrangement to offer residential and small business customers a combined local and long distance package of services, available from a single source. As part of the arrangement, with one call, residential and small business customers in Ameritech's five state region - Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin - will be able to sign up for CompleteAccess (SM), a competitively priced package of local and long distance services on one single, convenient bill, supported by a single customer service number. CompleteAccess brings together Ameritech's reliable local service and popular call management features at a discount with a breakthrough long distance offer from Qwest. For residential customers, CompleteAccess includes Ameritech local service and custom calling features and Qwest long distance service at the rate of seven cents per minute for evenings and weekends and 15 cents per minute during weekdays for all state to state and instate calls. For small business customers, CompleteAccess features Ameritech's ValueLink Extra-Select (TM) volume discount local services and Qwest long distance service at a simple flat rate of nine and a half cents per minute, 24 hours a day, seven days a week for all state to state and instate calls. "Customers crave choice and convenience, and this offer responds to our customers by offering them the ultimate convenience," said Diane Primo, president of Ameritech product management. "For the first time, customers will have the opportunity to choose a complete solution -- one that's simple, supported by attentive customer service and a tremendous value. The teaming of Ameritech and Qwest to offer a local and long distance package represents an historic first for Ameritech customers - delivering immediate and tangible benefits to residential and small business customers." "Qwest is pleased to work with Ameritech to provide customers with the choice of a convenient and competitive package of Ameritech local and Qwest long distance services," said Joseph P. Nacchio, president and CEO of Qwest. "CompleteAccess is a perfect example of a service offering that can be created in a competitive marketplace - a marketplace where customers are clearly the winners." The introduction of CompleteAccess (SM) for residential and small business customers responds to growing customer interest in ordering a wide range of communications services with a single call. Ameritech found in a recent survey that nearly two-thirds of its customers want to be able to choose a package of telecommunications services with a single call. "This offer supports Ameritech's strategy of speeding the growth in our core business by listening to the needs of our customers," Primo said. Ameritech's residential customers interested in signing up for CompleteAccess may call 1-800-526-9399, and small business customers should dial 1-800-719-0200.