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Except when you're talking over a phone call that sounds like two tin cans connected with a string even on a good day. I'm regularly astonished at how bad inte
by rippercushions 4y ago
Except when you're talking over a phone call that sounds like two tin cans connected with a string even on a good day.
I'm regularly astonished at how bad international calls in particular have become, and you're regularly subjected to these even domestically, since so many call centers are in the Philippines or India these days. And this despite bandwidth being cheaper than ever.
- TeMPOraL 4y agoUnfortunately, all the bandwidth in the world can't compensate for latency, and the loss of quality in ADC, DAC and compression steps as currently implemented.
- pjc50 4y agoIt's all in the compression. That's why VOIP systems sound much better. Lots of telco systems still use AMR with a very low bitrate.
- TeMPOraL 4y agoI can't think of a single VOIP system that sounded good. Of the ones I use regularly, like Messenger, Teams and Skype, they rarely if ever sound better than just making a regular phone call with the same device.
- adql 4y agoGood enough ADC/DACs are so cheap and plentiful I don't even know why you're even mentioning them in same sentence