Malamin,

It is true, this problem is not limited to the USA. I was trying to
reach the Gambia from Monday. I had to seat
on the phone for more than six hours before i could get through and this
applies to sending fax as well.  There
are times i felt like crying as it was an emergency situation and due
this phone problem i just could not deal
with the  problem. I had been trying before i took my flight from London
and now in Oslo the same problem. Right
now am trying to get through but the same problem. SO, you have the same
problem when trying to call from London
as well as from Norway.

We use to be very proud of  our phone lines but not anymore. When i
travel to other Africa countries i use to
tell people that we have the best telephone lines but that is history
now. I hope that Gamtel can give us an
explanation to this degenerating situation.

By the way, EB i don't use calling card to make calls but i have the
same problems as those who use it.


The Struggle Continues!!!
Ndey Jobarteh


Malamin Barrow wrote:

> You sound very definite on the reasons for the difficulty and frustration recently (last six months)
> experienced by Gambians abroad in getting to The Gambia by phone. You can be sure that this is not limited to
> the United States.
> The Gambia used to the easiest country to call from our part of the world, the Middle east. Lately, it is not
> unusual to fail to get a connection after a whole day of trying. There must some other reason/s than that
> peculiar to the United States.
>
> Pope Pope wrote:
>
> > G'Lers
> > The phone lines in the Gambia are OK, the problem is that the major
> > Telephone carriers in the US have limited the number of dedicated  circuits
> > for the Gambia from the US.
>
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