Added by lart : < lart at go dot aw dot ay > | 28/06/2007 | [-]2259[+] | #241 |
16:14 < tommi> POTS being Plain Old Telephony System
16:15 < tommi> finding out what codecs the provider supports is a good thing(tm) too.
16:15 < tommi> if they "only" support g711(encapsulated ISDN) and have a high-latency connection, it's going to be hell.
16:16 < tommi> we've had successfull calls over satellite uplinks with upwards 3seconds latency working with iLBC on 30ms frames
16:16 < tommi> yes, it was delayed, but alteast it wasn't mangled to obscurity.
16:16 < tommi> oh, and bear in mind that unless you place -ALOT- of foreign/PSTN calls, a cell is usually cheaper.
16:17 < tommi> VoIP is (imo) mostly for business.
16:17 <@abdulLatif> hmm, lots of foreign calls here
16:17 <@abdulLatif> cells are ridiculously expensive too
16:17 < tommi> oh, and also bear in mind that you're buttfucked if something happens to your intarhweb. including emergency calls in a power outage.
16:18 < genelisp> well, they aren't for emergency anyway
16:18 < tommi> if you worry about such things, keep a POTS connection on a ATA bypass for such things.
16:18 < tommi> but there's a fuckload of money to save for foreign calls.
16:19 < tommi> we generally shaved off 80% of the main telcos' list prices for foreign calls, in some cases upwards 96%
16:19 * genelisp wonders if all the swearing is necessary
16:19 < tommi> exaggerating a point with profanity is one of the things I do. ;)
16:19 < tommi> if you have a big issue with it, let me know and I'll -try- not to.
16:20 < genelisp> no I don't care tbh... I just don't see the point of typing "fuckload" when you can type: "loads" which is much shorter :-)
16:20 < genelisp> sorry "load" in the case :-)
16:21 < tommi> heh
16:21 <@abdulLatif> I think "buttfucked" makes a certain point that "in trouble" doesn't
16:21 < genelisp> haha, ok
16:21 < tommi> very much so ;)
16:21 <@abdulLatif> like the whole pleasure aspect
16:21 < tommi> oooh
16:21 < tommi> so, you might go with VoIP just to get buttfucked? :P
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