Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: jimmy%denwa.uucp@eecs.nwu.edu (Jim Gottlieb) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Long Distance Carrier Sound Comparisons Message-ID: Date: 17 Jun 89 16:58:16 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Jim Gottlieb Organization: Info Connections, West Los Angeles Lines: 35 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 202, message 8 of 9 In article OLE@csli.stanford.edu (Ole J. Jacobsen) writes: >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 agree. I get tired of hearing all the AT&T employees on here who buy the company line about their LD being best. I must say that AT&T's digital connections are superb, even surpassing Sprint's, but they are still all too rare. Recently, when I mentioned to an AT&T rep that I used Sprint, his (obviously canned) response was, "Oh, you like fiber optics? Well, AT&T _invented_ fiber optics." I explained to him that I didn't care who invented it; I just want a clear, loud connection when making calls. Let me say that I appreciate the level of service offered by AT&T, and this is especially obvious after having to deal with Sprint. We also use nothing but AT&T computers here (even though AT&T doesn't make them) because of the great service we get from them. And I would be willing to pay a little more for that service. But AT&T LD is not a little more, and they are decidedly inflexible. I always give them a chance when we are re-evaluating LD service, but because they won't let us combine all our locations for a quantity discount (unless we pay a $2500 monthly fee), they are just way too expensive. Not to mention those analog connections... -- Jim Gottlieb E-Mail: or or V-Mail: (213) 551-7702 Fax: 478-3060 The-Real-Me: 824-5454