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From: mcvax!cgch!wtho@uunet.uu.net (Tom Hofmann)
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Subject: International Calls From/To the U.S.A.
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Date: 16 Aug 89 09:02:36 GMT
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In consideration of several of long-distance carriers (LDC) in the
U.S.A., I have two questions concerning international calls.

1. International calls TO the U.S.A.
   Who handles these calls?  Always AT&T?  If not: Can it be influenced
   by the calling/called party?

2. International calls FROM the U.S.A.
   Have each LDC their own international access, or are all international
   calls forwarded to one single LDC (AT&T)?  In the first case: Are the
   direct dialable countries the same for each LDC?

Another question arises, not restricted to the U.S.A.:  What is the
reason that some countries cannot be dialed directly from one country
while they can be dialed directly from other countries?  The USSR e.g.
cannot be dialed directly from the U.S.A. but from Western Europe.
I think it cannot be a technical problem.  Must there be an agreement
between the two governments?

Tom Hofmann		wtho@cgch.UUCP