DREUBEN@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Douglas Scott Reuben) (10/30/90)
I've been increasingly annoyed by AT&T service to Hawaii (from the mainland U.S.). Each time I call I get a satellite, and it usually has a good deal of echo. I've called AT&T to ask if there is a way to get an undersea cable (fiber or otherwise), but they had no idea what I was talking about or WHY I would even care how it went. (Quite unusual for AT&T, although admittedly, this is a rather unusual question...!) Is there any other LD Co. that has fiber to Hawaii? I was under the impression that the trans-Pacific cable was finished, which is why it is hard for me to believe that AT&T is still using satellite. I don't like the idea of using someone else other than AT&T (won't count to ROA, etc...), but if they have better service, might as well take advantage of one of the few beneficial aspects of Divestiture by 'Equal-Access'-ing the call over whatever carrier... I've tried MCI and it doesn't seem to be much better (surprise, surprise..), and Sprint didn't complete! (Well, in all fairness, I only tried once before giving up...maybe it took them a long time to connect or something.) If there is any other company that doesn't use satellite to Hawaii, I'd love to hear about it! (I THINK the fiber cable is finished, at least to Hawaii, isn't it?) Thanks in advance for any help, Doug dreuben@eagle.wesleyan.edu dreuben@wesleyan.bitnet