[comp.dcom.telecom] Calls To and From Japan

gast@cs.ucla.edu (David Gast) (01/09/91)

Whenever I call Japan, I cannot help but notice the poor quality on
the line.  It does not seem to matter if I am calling via AT&T, MCI,
or Sprint except that Sprint cut me off.  (Past tense on purpose).

Whenever I recieve a call from Japan, I cannot help but notice how
clear everything sounds.  I just received a call and it sounded as if
the person was in the same room.  Truely remarkable as many of my
local calls do not sound this clear.  Do you think GTE has special
processing for calls from Japan?  :-)


David Gast

ropg@ooc.uva.nl (Rop Gonggrijp) (01/15/91)

gast@cs.ucla.edu (David Gast) writes:

>Whenever I call Japan, I cannot help but notice the poor quality on
>the line.  It does not seem to matter if I am calling via AT&T, MCI,
>or Sprint except that Sprint cut me off.  (Past tense on purpose).

Well, maybe it is about time that you stop taking the route that they
give you (being the lousiest they can get away with) and start routing
your own calls through the network.


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