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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Overflow circuit
In message <[email protected]>, "Alexei Roudnev" writes: >It means, that satellite (with it's 1 second delay and unavoidable echo) >should be better accepted for _profeccionsl_ phone connection (such as, for >example, connection between remote oil wells and central office), because >you can always stay with delay, if follow some talking discippline (and it >is better than trunking radio, anyway), while it will be less acceptable for >home / residential users. > >Delay (by itself) does not influence voice quaility, but it required strick >talking discipline / policy to avoid misunderstanding, echo and so on. We >can expect such discipline from professional workers, but you never expect >it from your 5 y.old kid. Fair enough. I should add one more thing: with that sort of delay, you need good echo cancellers. If you're getting echo, they're not good enough, I suspect... --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
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