Sprint Response to MCI Announcements -- packaging winners

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 94 11:14:53 -0500
From: rick () uunet uu net (Rick Adams)




>          STATEMENT FROM WILLIAM T. ESREY, SPRINT CHAIRMAN & CEO
>            IN RESPONSE TO MCI "NETWORK CATCH-UP" ANNOUNCEMENT
>
>        "Sprint is not at all surprised by MCI's network catch-up
>    announcement.  More than a year ago, Sprint announced its
>    broadband network plans to deploy SONET and ATM.  We were the
>    first to offer commercial ATM service in August 1993.  We continue
>    to have the most modern network and remain as the only
>    100 percent digital, fiber-optic long distance carrier.
>
>        "MCI is very good at packaging announcements that make
>    mountains out of molehills.   Sprint hopes the public will take
>    this latest ploy for what it is -- a slick admission of being
>    behind in terms of technology deployment.


Funny, we bought our commercial ATM service from Metropolitan Fiber Systems
long before August 1993.


It seems Sprint is also good at packaging announcements...