[comp.dcom.telecom] US Sprint cannot talk to Italy

alexb@uunet.uu.net (Alex Beylin) (06/28/89)

Earler today I needed to call a friend in Italy.  Being that
I had to call from work and it was a personal call, I desided
to use the US Sprint FON card.

Direct dialing did not work at all. ass soon as I entered the
country and city codes (39+766), I got a busy signal.
The Sprint operator tried to place the call and after about 5 minutes
on hold told me that I man not use the US Sprint to call this
country code.

Calling via the AT&T calling card got me a connection within
30 seconds.

Can anybody explain the difference?

-- Alex


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