MTS DOUBLES HOURS AT NO EXTRA COST
By Adnews Staff
MTS Advanced Inc. of Winnipeg, has announced it is doubling the number of hours its customers receive on its monthly Sympatico Internet plans. Effective March 1, all Sympatico customers will receive twice the number of hours they previously received for their monthly fee. Direct mail, Web advertising and point of purchase materials, created by Palmer Jarvis DDB's Winnipeg office, will be used to advertise the increase of hours. The monthly plans that are affected by the change are: the occasional which will now receive 10 hours a month for $9.95, the basic which now receives 50 hours a month for $19.95, the regular which now receives 120 hours a month for $24.95 a month and the premium plan which now receives 300 hours for $34.95 a month. Also in the announcement, customers on the basic or $24.95 plan, who also use MTS for their local and long distance service will now receive a bonus of 80 hours, for a total of 200 hours. MTS Advanced Inc. is the multi-media and directory publishing division of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc.