>> A classic rotary dial landline has much
better sound quality.
> And offered a full-duplex audio path. The conversational experience on a cell
> phone (or even a lot of IP telephony platforms) is horrid.
On Mon, 23 Sep
2013, Peter Corlett wrote:
I think that's more a criticism of North American
cellular phone networks than
anything else.
Or, that SOME people really don't CARE about telephone sound quality.
Some jerk called peddling long distance service (or SOMETHING, couldn't
make out what he was saying); told him to call back on an AT&T line.
Saw an early demo of VOIP. I asked
Q: How is the sound quality?
A: "REALLY REALLY GOOD!"
Q: How good? What's the frequency response?
A: "It's really really good!"
Q: Is it better, or worse, than a regular phone?
A: "It's really really good!"
back and forth a few more times. The booth bimbo would not acknowledge
that he had no idea how to quantify sound quality, neither numerically,
nor comparatively.
My hearing is BAD. If it were an actual ski slope, I would not risk it.
I can manage barely adequately on my amplified phones, and almost
adequately on a regular landline. But, degrade that signal another few
percent, and I can't even use it.
I have a cellphone. It lives under the seat of my car. in an emergency,
I can bellow into it, and MAYBE make out YES/NO responses.
How is the current sound quality?
Is it "really really good"?