Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Gary Segal Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: AT&T Operator Handling of International D.A. Message-ID: <1784@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 3 Dec 89 20:38:42 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Motorola INC., Cellular Infrastructure Division Lines: 38 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 550, message 8 of 12 bm24+@andrew.cmu.edu (Berlin S. Moore) writes: >Pittsburgh >International Operating Center is still alive & well, but they mainly >only handle difficult calls now that the local operators can't handle, >such as High Seas calls, & calls to hard-to-reach places like >Afghanistan. As any of you other Letterman fans know, David had been playing telephone chess with Gary Kasporvo (sp?), the world's greatest chesse player. Dave was calling Gary each night, wherever Gary happened to be; Paris, Moscow, Belgrad (sp?) , or London. Durring the second week of the game, a female voice was heard chatting with Gary when Dave picked up the phone. Dave asked "Who is this". She replied "I'm the international operator, Mr. Letterman. I've been handling your calls all week." He asked her to get off the line and then proceded with the game. The next night, she was again talking with Gary in Moscow. This time, Dave asked her name, and she told him it's Kathy. Dave asked "Where are you?" And she replied "Pittsburgh". So, not only is the Pittsburgh I.O.C. alive and well, but an operator there by the name of Kathy has been introduced to the millions of Letterman fans across the country. B.T.W., Letterman lost, in case you coulnd't have guessed. Gary Segal, Motorola C.I.D. 1501 W. Shure Drive ...!uunet!motcid!segal Arlington Heights, IL 60004 Disclaimer: The above is all my fault. +1 708 632-2354