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When I was in the Service, I was stationed in Italy, so I've got some experience with trans-Atlantic calls. I've never had the delay-line effect, but there were a lot of anomalies in the phone service there, just part of the mixed protocols, I guess.

Something near a minute delay is more than there ought to be. If the call was satellite routed, there would be a some delay from the distance the signal had to travel, but even the moon is only a bit over a second away at light (and therefore radio) speed, for about a 2 second delay all around. If it was all ground links and undersea cables there are still delays as each amplifier and such takes it's bit of time (propagation dalye through the electronics) which can add up. Even so, it should only be a fraction of a second or at worst a few seconds. I've not noticed anything as bad as a near a minute on either transatlantic or trans-pacific calls.

I don't know what happened to your call, but it's not something that should happen and with luck you won't have to endure it again should you make another call. Unless there is a great economic reason to go with the card you did, you might consider a different one and hope for better service should you need to make such a call again.

Hay thanks good answer. Yeah I used a cheapo card for 5$ and while they boast that they give you a lot of minuets with that money, the service is probably crap for a reason to be that cheep. Now I bet it wasn't a full minuet but it wasn't like I would say something and he'd have an answer to it several seconds after I asked it. Like it seems he wouldn't get the thing I was saying until 30 seconds after I said it, at times I even said "Wow that's a pretty big gap. I said that a while ago" There were times I wouldn't say anything so I can hear what he was saying and then he'd think I got cut off so he'd spend a few seconds asking if I was there. And then our connection wasn't 100% either, there were half pronounced words and long gaps were you can hear something was said but it was full of glitches and weird audio stuff.

What job is 8H working at?

Hospital job, and which wouldn't be to hard if he wasn't working 35 hour shifts and then only able to sleep for 8 hours then no breaks, not even national holidays. To top it off, he's not getting paid. There is a bit of personal stuff I can't get into but that's the basics of the situation.

personal stuff..? Oh I know, he doesn't want to quit because he loves to stare at Nurses' asses all the day! XD

hmm family issues...frankly he's to tired and busy to get to girl oggle, or they're all dogs with bees in thier mouth and when they barks bees shoot out at you. He's had bad experiances with them that nearly got him fired, and I wish they did but not for that reason.

You should totally fly over there and MAKE his ass quit. Drag him outa there kickin and screamin if you gotta. But I have a feelin he'd do anything you asked him to if you were there... XD

If I had that much influance in his life he would've done it already, but he's to afraid of things he dosen't know migth or might not happen.

Oh well, I hope he gets it sorted out and it pays off in the end. I know lots of medical careers that might be lucrative later on, involve a lot of up-front un-paid work experience in order to get anywhere. I'm tipping that in the future he may well be thankful he put in the effort up front.

BTW, not saying he shouldnt take your advice, I have no idea just what his situation is. But he does need to think of his future.

Well my research has told me that no doctor in the US has to work 35hours two days in a row with no breaks in between. I think it's also a chance for him to stand up for himself. I do feel like I might be making it worse for him to get any job after this but I'm trying to give him the strength to not give up and not be pushed around. Like he could probably get less hours if he asked but he's like Wilt, he can't say no.

Yeah, but as I dont need to tell you, 8horns isnt in the US. The effective rights you get in Asia as a worker are far lower than what the US and other western countries provide, and the competition for untrained recruits is a lot stiffer. Labor is very very cheap in his country and the only way to break out of that is to become qualified.

I'm not really in the same situation but I can relate in that I quit an awful situation when i was younger, and it did limit my career and living choices later in life. Looking back, it really wouldnt have been too much more effort to stick it out. But for 8horns, it's a tradeoff that depends on what other options he has, and whether what he gets out of sticking with what he's doing becomes worthwhile in the end.

Anyway, I wish him the best.

True I am aware that I could be making it worse for him, but seeing how I know he was making more money as an artist then a doctor, and he's only promised 5 Years of working for less then minimum wage. He's got to look around and be willing to make a big move to get better work. If he makes the leap state side he's better off as a doctor here then there.

Regardless it's actually to make a living there then it could be here. Things that are normally very expensive here can be quite cheep over there. He gets free health care (for being a doctor) and cheep dental, property can be cheep in certain areas regardless of being dirt houses (his dad owns a huge house for the money they make but that was bought in the 70s-80s so naturally cheaper back then too), and the cost of living there isn't has high as it is here. To support a family of 3-5 you need to make a minimum of $15 an hour in the US. He has the doctors degree, he can make it better off then the normal idiot without an education over there, as long as he tries.

Plus seeing him suffer is against my liberal morals, I need to give him the best advice I know. I was taught that to be happy you need a job you like to do. Don't do something because it's a job or it's convenient. Same rules apply no matter where you live.