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Overseas service calls come home

Backlash over quality of centers

By Joe Light
Globe Correspondent / August 20, 2005

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For many consumers, customer service call centers in India or the Philippines have been the public face of outsourcing and offshoring. When people contact their computer's manufacturer with a problem, the calls might be sent thousands of miles away to a customer service center in Bangalore. (Full article: 926 words)

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