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I think it was ubiquitous. NPR in the 90s and 2000s used ISDN to allow many of their commentators to work from home. I think where you hear those crazy 8KHz c

I think it was ubiquitous. NPR in the 90s and 2000s used ISDN to allow many of their commentators to work from home. I think where you hear those crazy 8KHz clipped calls is where it's not an option. Mostly these days remote radio and podcast interviews I hear remote participants sound more like they're on mobile phones: variable voice quality with an almost unbearable latency.

xnx 2y ago
Every once in awhile the stars align and I randomly get an "HD" voice call. It's disorienting to both me and the other party how good the quality is.
- DecentShoes 2y ago
  HD Voice is genuinely what it's called: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business-insights-ideas/resources/what-is-hd-voice-calling https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business-insig... They really do sound alot better. It always reminds me of the first time I ever made a FaceTime call, in 2010, and the high quality audio was just as interesting as the video.
- spockz 2y ago
  It is the reason why we switched to using FaceTime audio. The sound quality is so much better than over the normal voice line. I don’t know how to reliably get HD Voice.
  - xnx 2y ago
    Another thing ruined by the cell companies. They should be dumb pipes that don't even know what they're carrying.
madwolf 2y ago
Probably depends on the radio station and area but I work in one and we're actually using something much higher quality for remote radio, for example: https://www.prodys.net/portable-codecs-audio/quantum-lite-2/ https://www.prodys.net/portable-codecs-audio/quantum-lite-2/ If course it has to be pre-planned, someone needs to have the hardware with them. So sometimes there's a spontaneous connection over normal mobile phone. That's something that everyone has with them at all times.
cjrp 2y ago
Apparently it was still used for commentators at the BBC until 2023 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ode-isdn-paul-furley/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ode-isdn-paul-furley/
- genewitch 2y ago
  ISDN was just completely phased out a year or two ago in the US, too.

xnx 2y ago

Every once in awhile the stars align and I randomly get an "HD" voice call. It's disorienting to both me and the other party how good the quality is.

DecentShoes 2y ago
HD Voice is genuinely what it's called: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business-insights-ideas/resources/what-is-hd-voice-calling https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business-insig... They really do sound alot better. It always reminds me of the first time I ever made a FaceTime call, in 2010, and the high quality audio was just as interesting as the video.
spockz 2y ago
It is the reason why we switched to using FaceTime audio. The sound quality is so much better than over the normal voice line. I don’t know how to reliably get HD Voice.
- xnx 2y ago
  Another thing ruined by the cell companies. They should be dumb pipes that don't even know what they're carrying.

madwolf 2y ago

Probably depends on the radio station and area but I work in one and we're actually using something much higher quality for remote radio, for example: https://www.prodys.net/portable-codecs-audio/quantum-lite-2/ https://www.prodys.net/portable-codecs-audio/quantum-lite-2/ If course it has to be pre-planned, someone needs to have the hardware with them. So sometimes there's a spontaneous connection over normal mobile phone. That's something that everyone has with them at all times.

cjrp 2y ago

Apparently it was still used for commentators at the BBC until 2023 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ode-isdn-paul-furley/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ode-isdn-paul-furley/

genewitch 2y ago
ISDN was just completely phased out a year or two ago in the US, too.