[NF] VOIP and Skype was [NF] Cringely roasts Bill

Well, I've been using Skype as a means of chatting online with fellow developers and it works well enough for our purposes. However, intense usage of the local machine can cause choppiness, especially on a wireless connection (audio-digitized sound-network packets-radio signals-network packets,

Re: [NF] VOIP and Skype was [NF] Cringely roasts Bill

BT (not much use in the states I know) has just announced that they are offering hi-def voip with their 8MB broadband package. It will be interesting to find out what the quality is like. The 8MB service has a higher push rate which must help. -- Michael Hawksworth Visual Fox Solutions

Re: [NF] VOIP and Skype was [NF] Cringely roasts Bill

On 6/20/06, Michael Hawksworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The 8MB service has a higher push rate which must help. If I understand the technology correctly, voice is pretty low bandwidth - something like a 22k sampling rate or perhaps less. monophonic, 4k-12kHz. But it's extremely sensitive to