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Also HN user jeltz below mentioned: > I have tried most of them: Google Meet, Teams, Slack, Discord, Skype, Jitsi and so far I liked Jitsi the most and Skype t
by tikkun 3y ago
Also HN user jeltz below mentioned:
> I have tried most of them: Google Meet, Teams, Slack, Discord, Skype, Jitsi and so far I liked Jitsi the most and Skype the least.
- realusername 3y agoSkype became really really terrible, it looks like it's been unmaintained during the past 10 years, I'd rate its usability worse than most open-source software. The sound quality is also awful, it feels like I'm calling a landline.
- gumby 3y agoWhere do you live? In the US at least, landline (AKA POTS) is still the gold standard for audio quality.
- tikkun 3y agoNot parent commenter, though facetime audio or telegram audio is my preferred for audio quality.
- realusername 3y agoI live in France, landline had a distinct background white noise to it that somehow Skype managed to imitate. Switching to any other software feels like you're upgrading to HD audio.
- MandieD 3y agoIt’s called “comfort noise,” and was an option in Lync/Skype for Business. A lot of users being switched from desk phones, especially older ones who still primarily used landlines at home, found themselves wondering if their conversation partner was still on the line without it.
- NavinF 3y agoIn the US I don't know a single person that has access to POTS. Discord (with paid nitro) is the gold standard for quality and latency, followed by all the free VoIP apps
- efreak 3y agoI live in the US, and I'm pretty sure everyone I know has a landline, though a good number of them are now digital/fiber/whatever. Some people I know still have multiple landlines, as it's cheaper than paying multiple cell bills if necessary. I know at least one person who used to have call forwarding set up to get calls on their cellphone, but with the current state of marketing calls they probably don't do that anymore.
- DennisAleynikov 3y agoI may be too much of a zoomer but I haven't seen a landline in years, nearly a decade actually. I'm not sure who still has them
- patmorgan23 3y agoThe only people I know who still have a landline are my grandparents who are in their 70s
- NavinF 3y ago> everyone I know has a landline We clearly live in very different bubbles > digital/fiber/whatever VoIP > cheaper than paying multiple cell bills Nobody pays multiple cell bills unless they wanna use several data-only eSIMs from different carriers to get better speed/coverage. If you just want a lot of phone numbers, you can port your numbers to a VoIP provider and forward them. Way cheaper than a landline
- verall 3y agoI'm in the US and landline was dogshit compared to modern discord/whatsapp/whatever. Maybe it's cause old phone mics sucked but it wasn't great.