eli@eecs.nwu.edu (06/12/89)
Gregg Siegfried posts an obligatory flame at Dell Ellison because Dell pointed out that he and his friends perceive that US Sprint's long distance connections are the best in the business. "Oh no! You're not in town, are you?" I don't think people have to "refrain from this in the future". Instead, it would be useful if people posted the cities between which they notice excellent (or bad) service with different carriers. I often try different carriers when I call friends in NYC and the West Coast. Sprint always has the best connections to my (admittedly damaged) ears. ATT always seems to have more static and less overall volume. MCI and ITT are so poor that I usually redial the call through US Sprint. Ellison's friends' reactions fit well with what I learned in my years working in the voice messaging industry. Perceived quality is largely dependent on VOLUME, VOLUME, VOLUME!!! US Sprint is the loudest long distance carrier (double entendre?). A recent (Byte?) magazine article rated long distance carriers for modem connections. ATT won, but Sprint ran a close second, with Sprint being given the highest marks for loudness. -- Steve Elias -- eli@spdcc.com, eli@chipcom.com [mail to chipcom.chipcom.com bounces!] -- voice mail: 617 859 1389 -- work phone: 617 890 6844
chip@vector.dallas.tx.us (Chip Rosenthal) (07/22/89)
chipcom.chipcom.com!eli@eecs.nwu.edu writes: >X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 197, message 2 of 10 >A recent (Byte?) magazine article rated long distance carriers for modem >connections. ATT won, but Sprint ran a close second, with Sprint being >given the highest marks for loudness. I don't know if Byte did one, but the April 25th |Data Communications| definately did have such a comparison for V.32 modems. Please see TELECOM issue 172 for a summary of this article. Even if Byte did one, I'm not sure it would be worth anything. I bet most Byte editors think BERT is a snazzy new pop-up utility... -- Chip Rosenthal / chip@vector.Dallas.TX.US / Dallas Semiconductor / 214-450-5337 "I wish you'd put that starvation box down and go to bed" - Albert Collins' Mom