[MLB-WIRELESS] Skype

[Dean Collins]

What planet are you living on, I was selling 16k compressed voice over
frame 6 years ago.

You can now get away with 5-8k but most of the newer codecs (skype
included) using about 10k because bandwidth costs aren't an issue
anymore.



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
[mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Steven Haigh
Sent: Friday, 23 July 2004 3:34 PM
To: gummay at gummAY.net
Cc: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Skype

Decent quality VoIP (of any nature) needs 64kbps minimum before people
start to notice the difference between telephone and VoIP...

Most commercial setups are based on 64Kbps - not exactly sure of the
codec
used however... Bottom line: unless you have more than 64kbps, VoIP will
probably suck :P

Tom Fifield [gummAY] said:
> I use it [Skype] all the time to chat to friends. Given; this is
ADSL-->
> ADSL, but the quality is excellent. Far superior to Telephone and
other
> windows messaging utilities that I have encountered. I have heard
about
> poor dialup experiences though.
>
> I've tried Firefly too (along with IParty, Ivisit, Sipps, SJPhone),
and
> sure, it's melbourne-based and has a few nifty features over skype -
> like voice mail and configurable on hold music which are good, but the
> quality was pathetic. On top of this, I had some issues with volume,
and
> found its calibration was a little finicky.
>
> Tom Fifield
>
> Simon Hall wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>Just wondering if anyone has used skype? http://www.skype.com/
>>
>>Simon Hall
>>
>>
>
>
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