PREFERREDLD.COM, AIC, AL ROACH PREFERRED LONG DISTANCE, KEITH NUSSBAUM, LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNICATIONS BOILER ROOM SLAMMERS/LIARS/THIEVES/THEY'LL RIP YOU OFF Internet, California

I remember working for this company (briefly) while they are shady if ppl would read the terms & conditions of their current contracts with their providers than they would know that their first bill is going to be huge because of the contract termination fees from their previous carrier. Now what IS shady about this company is 1. they do not state that you are going to get a termination fee from your ex carrier, 2. If you tell them 2 put you on the do not call list they will just but you down as call back at later date so that your number stays out of rotation for a while. There is no point in trying to ignore this company, they will keep calling till your pounding your head on a wall., 3. They quote their prices to sound better even though they are not. also that may not be the only company that runs this particular operation. The call center I worked for selling PLD was called cTel in Columbia,Tn here is all of their info:

CenterTel Management Group, Inc. - Nashville
2525 Perimeter Place Drive Suite 209
Nashville, TN 37214
Phone: 615-883-2088
CenterTel Management Group, Inc. - Columbia
1412 Trotwood Ave Suite 18
Columbia TN 38401
Phone: 931-840-2835

I work for Qwest and typically what I see is a happy Qwest rep when someone switches to preferred long distance. Qwest reps give direct contact information and schedule a time to talk when people get their first preferred long distance bill.

It's an easy sale back to Qwest and sales reps gets commission on offering a better up front offer on top of normal promotions to get the service back on with Qwest. I've worked in VP position at Qwest, we are aware of them and know their tactics may be shady, but being regulated by the utility commissions, Qwest can't deny a switch of service if a verbally agreed authorization is sent to Qwest to change service carriers.

There has been several bills entered into office and denied to remove the sharing of this information between CLEC's, but they also get denied because the only ones who vote on them are politicians. A CLEC is a company who leases lines in bulk from the main local carriers at less-than-normal cost and resells them.

It's usually best to deal with Qwest directly. The only CLEC I have heard little to no negative feedback on is Liberty Bell, but they are still a middle man.