[886] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
"cream skimming"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (POWERS@IBM.COM)
Mon Jul 1 11:24:37 1991
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 91 08:24:11 PDT
From: POWERS@IBM.COM
To: com-priv@uu.psi.com
I first heard the term "cream skimming" used by AT&T to describe the
marketing tactics of MCI, back when MCI was just getting started.
AT&T was trying to make the case that allowing MCI to grab the most
profitable customers would threaten the nationwide rate averaging
that kept home phone rates low.
Jack Powers
Opinions, if any, are mine, if anyone's. Your mileage may vary.
