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Last month they were selling full DS3 for 25k/month. Beat'em up. On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, William S. Duncanson wrote: > Actually, I called UUNet today, and the sales guy was actually pretty cool. > Specifically said that UUNet would probably be out of the price range we > were considering, and that I could probably get a better deal somewhere else. > > On top of that, he still gave me the information that I called to get in > the first place. > > They are a little pushy about the "We are the best" thing, though. > > At 03:58 PM 10/28/98 -0500, you wrote: > >---Reply on mail from John Golovich about UU Net sales tactics? > > > >> Has anyone else received a phone call from a UUnet salesman out of the blue? > >> It appears that he used the Boardwatch magazine, because he quoted me some > >> information out of it about my company. > >> > >Yup, and he was VERY demanding in his statements about how they have the > >*BEST* network compared to anyone else, and how they offer better service, > >and the price difference isnt an issue :) > > > >> I simply can not believe the egos they have. I will never do business with > >> UUnet, with this or any other company I am with. I use Fiber Network > >> Solutions currently and am very happy with the service. Todd and Kyle are > >> excellent at what they do. > >> > >We arent a network provider so how they got our name (other than via > >internic/arin perhaps ...) is a bit of a mystery (ie we wouldnt have been > >in boardwatch for any reason) > > > >> The comments that peaked my anger the most were. > >> "Im sure companies as small as yours would b content with someone as small > >> as Fibernet" > >> > >> When I stated to them that their company is one of the most expensive T1 > >> providers, he responded with > >> "Not every company is able to afford the best Internet that can be offered" > >> (implying UUnet is directly that). > >> > >He told me that I had my facts wrong, and that he would send me some > >information to 'show me the light' or whatever, I told him not to, and > >they did anyway.. > > > >the UUNET rep got a bit upset when I askedl em why a T3 is like 48,000 and a > >OC3 is 178,000 (more than 3x, which means no 'bulk discount' etc) > >He also gets upset when you mention OC48 and how other people have made > >public statements of their intention to upgrade to that (sprint, bbn, psi > >all have) and they havent made any such statement (at least not as > >publicly).. > > > > > >-- > >Bret McDanel http://www.rehost.com > >Realistic Technologies, Inc. 973-514-1144 > > > > These opinions are mine, and may not be the same as my employer > > > > > -- Jason Weisberger Chief Technology Officer SoftAware, Inc. 310/305-0275
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