NONE@lemmy.world to 196English · 3 months agoTHERES NO SCAPE rulelemmy.worldimagemessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1432file-text
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minus-squaredrosophilalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·3 months agoEven if you use an honest-to-god land line how long is the distance your call has to travel before its running on the same fiberoptic lines as the internet?
minus-squareBaroqueInMind@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoNot far. Most ISPs have upgraded their copper backbone nets to fiber.
minus-squareSekoialinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThey should really upgrade the audio quality, phone calls sound so bad still…
minus-squareBaroqueInMind@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoAudio compression is the responsibility of the application developer not the network utility.
minus-squareSekoialinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoFair point. I was just thinking of landlines provided by ISPs with their phone packages. Still, surely we can do better?
minus-squareFrowingFostek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoGood question. I would imagine if you have pots service running to your building you probably have a connection that continues in copper. I would venture to say it varies by state/municipality but, I’m not aware of how isp’s do their outside plant cabling for pots lines.
Even if you use an honest-to-god land line how long is the distance your call has to travel before its running on the same fiberoptic lines as the internet?
Not far. Most ISPs have upgraded their copper backbone nets to fiber.
They should really upgrade the audio quality, phone calls sound so bad still…
Audio compression is the responsibility of the application developer not the network utility.
Fair point. I was just thinking of landlines provided by ISPs with their phone packages. Still, surely we can do better?
Good question. I would imagine if you have pots service running to your building you probably have a connection that continues in copper.
I would venture to say it varies by state/municipality but, I’m not aware of how isp’s do their outside plant cabling for pots lines.