[ltp] VOIP

[morpheus]

> The main cause of degredation is not that the Taiwanese LD uses excessive compression as that the signal is getting at least 2 generations of compress-decompress-recompress.. each generation likely set at an "acceptable" quality, but add them together and you sound like you are underwater.

Yes, true, and it's even worse when you're calling a cell phone, 'cause
that adds another generation.
I do find that the really cheap LD companies who use cheap VoIP
equipment with insufficient echo cancellation and jitter buffer have
poor quality even with only one generation of compression.
But, as always, you get what you pay for!
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