Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!killer!joshua!vector!telecom-gateway From: OLE@csli.stanford.edu (Ole J. Jacobsen) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Long Distance Carrier Sound Comparisons Message-ID: Date: 12 Jun 89 12:22:43 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 16 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 197, message 1 of 10 Which LD carrier is the best? I have found that calling the East Coast from the West Coast almost universially gives you a clear digital circuit when the call is placed via SPRINT, and almost universally gives you a cruddy circuit when placed via AT&T. I believe this has to do with capacity, since John Covert almost always gets great circuits when he calls me via AT&T in the other direction. At the moment, the improvement in quality is good enough reason for me to stick with SPRINT for our company lines, but as soon as AT&T expands their capacity I am willing to reconsider. I think it is perfectly reasonable for someone to express their opinion on any LD carrier on this forum, and I wish the people who represent such companies and read this list would be a little less sensitive and patriotic to their company whenever anything negative comes up. Ole "Make it as ubiquitous as dialtone!"