| ==Phrack Inc.== |
| Volume One, Issue Two, Phile 7 of 9 |
|
|
| @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ |
| @ @ |
| @ _ _ _______ @ |
| @ | \/ | / _____/ @ |
| @ |_||_|etal / /hop @ |
| @ __________/ / @ |
| @ /___________/ @ |
| @ Headquarters of Phrack Newsletter @ |
| @ @ |
| @ (314) 432-0756 @ |
| @ @ |
| @ Proudly Presents @ |
| @ @ |
| @ MCI Overview @ |
| @ @ |
| @ Written on 11/16/85 @ |
| @ @ |
| @ by @ |
| @ @ |
| @ Knight Lightning & Taran King @ |
| @ @ |
| @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ |
|
|
| MCI Communications Corporation, headquartered in Washington, D.C., provides a |
| full range of domestic and international telecommunications services, including |
| voice and data, telex and cable, paging and mobile telephone, and time |
| sensitive message delivery. |
|
|
| Since its founding in 1968, MCI has grown to more than $1.6 billion in annual |
| sales and serves more than 1.9 million business, residential and government |
| customers through its four major business units: |
|
|
| MCI Telecommunications |
|
|
| MCI Airsignal |
|
|
| MCI International |
|
|
| MCI Digital Information Services |
|
|
|
|
| MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
| ---------------------- |
| MCI Telecommunications provides domestic interstate long distance service |
| throughout all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and major |
| calling areas of Canada. It is also authorized to provide varying degrees of |
| intrastate long distance service in some states. |
|
|
| MCIT also is the first long distance carrier other than AT&T to offer direct |
| dial service overseas. International telephone service is available to all |
| residential and commercial customers (with the exception of Private Line |
| customers). In October, 1984 the first international service agreements were |
| announced with the following countries: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, East |
| Germany, Greece, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. |
|
|
| Total capital investment in MCI's long distance network is approximately $2 |
| billion. MCI's network, the second largest in the U.S., employs microwave |
| optical fiber, satellite and various digital transmission technologies. |
|
|
| Subscribers - Domestic Long Distance (as of 10/84) |
| ----------- ---------------------- |
| Residential 1.4 million |
| Commercial .3 million |
| Total 1.7 million |
|
|
| Operations - (as of 10/84) |
| Network Miles 20,543 |
| (microwave, optical fiber, satellite) |
|
|
| Circuits 238,000 |
| Employees 9,500 (full-time, approx.) |
|
|
|
|
| MCI AIRSIGNAL |
| ------------- |
| MCI Airsignal provides personal message delivery and car telephone services. |
| MCI Message Service is offered in more than 50 metropolitan areas. In 1984, |
| service will commence in New York City, Baltimore-Washington, Los Angeles, and |
| Chicago. MCI car telephone service is offered in 20 markets. |
|
|
| Personal Message Delivery Service |
| --------------------------------- |
| ALPHANUMERIC MESSAGE SERVICE |
|
|
| Displays up to 40-character message using letters and/or numbers. Memory |
| and recall ability. Alerts subscriber with a silent visual alert or a soft |
| tone. |
|
|
| DISPLAY MESSAGE SERVICE |
|
|
| Displays up to 24-digit message (e.g., phone number, stock quotes, sales |
| figures, coded messages). Memory and recall capability. Alerts customer |
| to message with a silent visual alert or a soft tone. |
|
|
| TONE MESSAGE SERVICE |
|
|
| Notifies customer of a message with a soft tone. |
|
|
| VOICE MESSAGE SERVICE |
|
|
| Receives message in actual voice of caller. |
|
|
| EXPRESS MESSAGE SERVICE |
|
|
| Receives and stores messages. Instantly alerts subscriber via pager when |
| a message is received. |
|
|
| Car Telephone Service |
| --------------------- |
| Enables customers to place calls to or receive calls from anywhere in the |
| world, 24 hours a day, as they travel in their cars. With the advent of new |
| cellular technology, both the quality and the accessibility of car telephone |
| service will vastly improve. |
|
|
| MCI has thus far obtained franchises to operate a new kind of mobile phone |
| service, cellular telephone, in Minneapolis and Pittsburgh, and has received |
| favorable decisions from FCC administration law judges authorizing service in |
| Los Angeles, Denver-Boulder, and Kansas City. MCI has applied for licenses to |
| provide cellular service in 81 metropolitan areas. |
|
|
| MCI Airsignal Branch Sales Offices |
| ---------------------------------- |
| Personal Message Service/Conventional Mobile Phone Service |
|
|
| Birmingham (205) 942-2924 |
| Sacramento (916) 444-2350 |
| Memphis (901) 682-9658 |
| Cleveland (216) 464-7311 |
| Dallas (214) 788-5111 |
| Fresno (209) 486-7410 |
| Las Vegas (702) 382-7461 |
| Denver (303) 778-7878 |
| Portland (503) 227-2556 |
| Philadelphia (215) 677-9845 |
| Atlanta (404) 252-2114 |
| West Florida (813) 875-3404 |
| Minneapolis (612) 544-8175 |
| Kansas City (913) 648-8090 |
| Miami (305) 491-0122 |
| Pittsburgh (412) 343-1611 |
| Houston (713) 464-2516 |
| Bakersfield (805) 832-2346 |
|
|
| Cellular Telephone Offices |
|
|
| Minneapolis-St. Paul (612) 544-3312 |
| Los Angeles (714) 527-0385 |
| Elsewhere in California (800) 344-3455 |
|
|
| Headquarters - Washington, D.C. (202) 429-9660 |
|
|
|
|
| MCI INTERNATIONAL |
| ----------------- |
| MCI International provides private-line voice service to several overseas |
| countries, and data and message services, including telex, cablegram, leased |
| channel, and packet switching communications, to more than 200 overseas points. |
| MCI has moved into two new areas of service: International direct-dial |
| telephone service and international electronic mail and hard-copy delivery |
| services. |
|
|
| International Record Services |
| ----------------------------- |
| TELEX SERVICE (domestic and international) permits instantaneous, two-way, |
| written communications with other subscribers worldwide. Customers can send |
| messages at any time, even though the receiving terminal may be unattended. |
| MCI International offers access to its telex service from a variety of |
| terminals and networks; not only subscribers with telex terminals but also |
| those with communicating word processors, data terminals or computers that |
| communicate over telephone lines can take advantage of MCI International telex |
| service. To subscribers connected to its own telex network, MCI International |
| offers World Message Services--a package of communications offerings including |
| telex, cablegram and MCI Mail services. Various service enhancements are |
| available to save time, improve operating efficiency and simplify records |
| keeping for telex users. |
|
|
| CABLEGRAM SERVICE, the traditional means of international written |
| communications, offers flexibility in delivery and economical rates for shorter |
| messages. Cablegrams can be delivered to virtually any overseas point. |
| Subscribers with telex terminals or various other types of equipment can access |
| and TELUS cablegram switch and take advantage of such service enhancements as |
| abbreviated addressing and departmental billing. |
|
|
| LEASED CHANNEL SERVICE provides an exclusive line between a U.S. firm and it's |
| overseas office for private communications 24 hours a day. Each MCI |
| International leased channel is tailored to meet the needs of a specific |
| customer for teleprinter, facsimile, voice and/or data traffic. For |
| subscribers with several offices requiring private communications with each |
| other, MCI International offers a versatile message-switching service. |
| Voice/data leases can be configured to meet a whole array of communicating |
| needs; for example, one channel might carry data traffic from a computer at |
| night, voice communications during office hours, and simultaneous teleprinter |
| messages at any time. Data channels can handle requirements for traffic at any |
| speed from 1200 bits per second to 1.544 megabits per second. |
|
|
| IMPACS SERVICE uses packet-switching technology to provide international |
| communications service between data terminals and computers. Impacs offers |
| on-line, real-time connections and enables many types of incompatible systems |
| to communicate. Impacs service offers virtually error-free transmission |
| because of the error-detection and retransmission capability of the network. |
|
|
| INSTALINK SERVICE allows businesses overseas to use regular telex equipment to |
| access remote computing systems and databases in the U.S. Subscribers can |
| retrieve data from a computer-based information service or use a computing |
| system connecting to a packet-switching network in the U.S. |
|
|
| INTERNATIONAL FACSIMILE SERVICE enables subscribers to send duplicates of |
| original documents overseas quickly and efficiently, even when neither the |
| sender nor the receiver has facsimile transmission equipment, or when the |
| sender and receiver have incompatible equipment. |
|
|
| DATEL SERVICE provides automatic or voice-coordinated data transmission at |
| speeds up to 2400 bits per second. Either digital or analog facsimile traffic |
| can be transmitted via Datel. Datel facilities are conditioned to ensure |
| high-quality transmission. The MCI International switching center allows |
| communications between incompatible terminals. |
|
|
| MARITIME SERVICES provide instant, high--quality contact between ships at sea |
| or offshore rigs, and between these vessels and land-based subscribers |
| worldwide. |
|
|
| International Voice Services |
| ---------------------------- |
| PRIVATE LINE SERVICE provides, fast, easy access to a single overseas location |
| at an economical monthly rate. This technically efficient system maximizes the |
| use of line capacity by recognizing idle time and assigning a speaker to a |
| transmission path only when the path is needed. Users can dial a four-digit |
| extension from a regular business phone to reach a key overseas location. |
|
|
| International Mail Services |
| --------------------------- |
| WORLD MESSAGE SERVICE subscribers can access the domestic electronic mail and |
| hard-copy delivery offerings of MCI Mail. In addition, MCI International is |
| developing fast, low-cost services that will deliver electronic messages and |
| high-quality printed documents worldwide. |
|
|
| Customer Service |
| ---------------- |
| THE CUSTOMER TROUBLE REPORTING ASSISTANCE CENTER at MCI International addresses |
| customer concerns such as equipment maintenance and service performance |
| questions. Customer service specialists, on duty 24 hours a day on business |
| days, answer questions and electronically route service requests to technicians |
| nationwide. |
|
|
| MCI DIGITAL INFORMATION SERVICES CORP. |
| -------------------------------------- |
| MCI Digital Information Services, MCI's newest unit, provides high-speed, |
| low-cost, time-sensitive message delivery (MCI Mail), either electronically or |
| via hard copy. |
|
|
| MCI Mail provides time-sensitive document delivery to anyone, anywhere vial |
| MCI's long-distance telephone network. MCI Mail can reach a recipient |
| instantly, in four hours or less, or overnight by noon the next day. Prices |
| are as much as 90 percent lower than comparable time-sensitive mail delivery |
| services. MCI Mail can be delivered electronically, terminal to terminal, or |
| laser printed on letterhead stationery with the customer's signature. |
|
|
| MCI Mail customers can even order gifts and services direct through MCI Mail, |
| ranging from software and paper for personal computers to investment advisory |
| services to travel specials. |
|
|
| There are no sign-up, monthly service charges or "connect time" charges for MCI |
| Mail. MCI Mail can be used by virtually any personal computer, word processor, |
| electronic typewriter, data terminal, telex, or other digital communications |
| device. The service is accessed by a local telephone call or 800 number. |
|
|
| MCI Mail |
| -------- |
| INSTANT delivery to an "electronic" mailbox. |
|
|
| FOUR-HOUR paper delivery by courier to 17 major metropolitan areas regardless |
| of point of origin. |
|
|
| OVERNIGHT paper delivery by courier by noon the next day in 20,000 continental |
| U.S. cities. |
|
|
| MCI LETTER transmitted electronically to the MCI digital postal center nearest |
| its destination, then delivered locally by the U.S. Postal Service. |
|
|
| TELEX DISPATCH enables MCI Mail subscribers to transmit messages to the more |
| than 1.6 million telex subscribers worldwide. |
|
|
| VOLUME MAIL enables customers to send large mailings in a variety of letter |
| formats, at substantial savings in delivery time and expense. |
|
|
| =============================================================================== |
| Look for more MCI Files coming to Metal Shop soon! |
|
|
| This has been a Knight Lightning Presentation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
