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

To: David Lawrence who wrote (1661)	6/30/1998 7:40:00 PM
From: TWICK	Respond to of 6846

AIT responds with a release: biz.yahoo.com Ameritech Reacts to FCC's Decision to Suspend Qwest Long-Distance Offer ''This is an unfortunate decision that penalizes consumers who simply want a better deal then they have with anyone else today. AT&T and MCI want to shut down this marketing program for one reason: to snuff out price competition by preventing a small long-distance upstart from making its low rates known to consumers. ''What's ironic is that the FCC's injunction comes on the very day a survey by the Telecommunications Research and Action Center, an independent consumer research group, found that long-distance pricing under Ameritech's CompleteAccess plan provides far better value for consumers than even the most heavily discounted rate plan of the Big Three. ''That survey showed that Qwest prices marketed under the CompleteAccess plan offered rates that undercut AT&T's standard price by 50 percent, MCI's by 44 percent, and Sprint's by 53 percent. Moreover, the study showed that CompleteAccess also delivered double-digit discounts for consumers against even some of the most popular long-distance calling plans. For example, compared with AT&T's One Rate, the TRAC study found that the CompleteAccess price was 42 percent lower; against Sprint Sense Anytime, it was 54 percent lower. ''We're confident that when CompleteAccess gets a full review, the FCC will find the program is perfectly lawful and promotes the competition that Congress envisioned.''