UU Net sales tactics?

Wed Oct 28 13:10:22 UTC 1998

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.

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.

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).

Any comments or stories that can be shared?