MCI diverted calls to Canada, AT&T alleges

[dArKeR]

AT&T Corp. charged Monday that rival phone company MCI diverted calls to Canada to get around paying special fees — including calls placed by the State Department and other government agencies.

AT&T said it was alarmed by the practice, which lawyers have said could compromise national security by leaving the calls unprotected from eavesdroppers.

The new claims were made by AT&T in a filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, which is considering efforts by WorldCom Inc. to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. WorldCom, decimated by a massive accounting scandal that has reached $11 billion, is adopting the name of its MCI long-distance division in a bid to clean up its image.

http://theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030728.wbattt0728/BNStory/Business/

(New allegation as opposed to yesterday's)

http://darkerxdarker.tripod.com/

[MrPrax]

1. Kettle and the Pot

ATT Wireless contracts its customer calling services to startek--which had three call centers in Canada which handle American callers...
Folks should be more worried about that type of 'diversion' to avoid wages...
:grr: