Reply #7: AT&T Itself Did International Call Routing...How Common is this Practice?

[Dunvegan]

http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y99/feb99/25e1.htm

AT&T: Calls will go through
Carrier says lines to Cuba available

Juan O. Tamayo, Herald Staff Writer
Published Thursday, February 25, 1999, in the Miami Herald

AT&T said Tuesday it had found a way to ensure that U.S. telephone calls to Cuba would be ``minimally affected'' even if Havana carried out its threat to halt most such calls.

But AT&T spokesman Gustavo Alfonso said the company, the single largest U.S. carrier to Cuba, had ``managed a breakthrough'' on Wednesday that would ensure alternate routes for U.S. telephone calls to the island.

Alfonso declined to comment on the breakthrough, but industry experts said AT&T would probably be routing its customers' calls through third countries such as Canada, Mexico and even Italy.