Cable VoIP Sounds Better Than Some Landlines

A. G. Bell writes "A recent study that looked at the quality of phone calls came up with some surprising results. Ars Technica reports that while 'traditional' VoIP call quality lagged behind landlines, service from cable ISPs was much better because of their use of PacketCable: 'VoIP from the cable companies actually surpassed the traditional phone network in reliability, meaning that the service was more often available and connected calls without dropping them. Cable providers also led the way in audio quality; the top firm in Keynote's study actually turned in an MOS of 4.24, above most real phone networks.'"

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Get with the times, AT&T

[wbren]

A. G. Bell writes

"A recent study that looked at the quality of phone calls came up with some surprising results. Ars Technica reports that while 'traditional' VoIP call quality lagged behind landlines, service from cable ISPs was much better because of their use of PacketCable: 'VoIP from the cable companies actually surpassed the traditional phone network in reliability, meaning that the service was more often available and connected calls without dropping them. Cable providers also led the way in audio quality; the top firm in Keynote's study actually turned in an MOS of 4.24, above most real phone networks.'"

Even Alexander Graham Bell--back from the grave--is embracing VOIP. Come on AT&T, get with the times! Landlines are dead.

Re:Surprising?

[kfg]

In fact, you could easily hear other conversations. . .

Yeah, in my little home town of 30 years ago we had that problem too, we called it a "Party Line."

KFG

Re:true, in my experience

[Chris Burke]

That's a much better idea than what I do, which is to create the need for a real 911 call.

"911 dispatcher? Hello? Yes, my address is 555 NotMyAddress, New York, MT. Is that what you have? It is? Great! That's what I wanted to know. Oh, the emergency? Of course there's an emergency, I wouldn't place a fake 911 call, ha ha! Yeah, I just stabbed a guy in the neck with a letter opener. on my front porch. That's right, some random guy, with a letter opener. Maybe he's a solicitor or something, is that important? He's bleeding pretty good, that ambulence should hurry. What was that -- why? Because I needed to make a 911 call and verify the address lookup of course!"