[20901] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: UU Net sales tactics?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan J. Mehl)
Thu Oct 29 12:51:58 1998
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 22:32:48 -0500
From: "Nathan J. Mehl" <memory@blank.org>
To: John Golovich <john@ciag.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <00f001be0274$528592a0$140b73d1@laptop.ciag.net>; from John Golovich on Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 08:10:22AM -0500
In the immortal words of John Golovich (john@ciag.net):
> Has anyone else received a phone call from a UUnet salesman out of the blue?
"Yes, Frequently."
> 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"
If a salesperson cold-calling you has the poor sense to be rude or insulting,
there are two effective tactics:
1. Hang up.
2. Ask to speak to their manager.
-n
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