On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 22:05:21 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 02:24:55 -0600, wrote:

Why do I hear myself as an echo on the phone sometimes? Just certain
calls do it. I get this on my cellphone more than my landline, but I
have gotten it on the LL too. Sometimes the echo is so loud I have a
hard time making the call. It just happened on my LL when I called a
local business. I know that business has their LL connected to a
satellite along with their tv. (My LL is wired). I get this on my cell,
at times whether I call another cell or a LL.

This echo is my own voice and it's heard about 1/2 t one second after I
speak.
That happens when VOIP is used (sometimes) and many cell phone links
are VOIPed to the landlines - also many companies you may be calling
use VOIP.
Not all voip echos, and those that do don't always.

I use Voip at home and at work - most of the time it is great.
Occaisionally I get an echo - and occaisionally on my cell as well..
It happens when the "side tone" is delayed.

I get this on my cell more than on the Landline. I was talking to
someone last summer on my cell, and my echo was louder than the guy I
was talking to. That made for a very difficult conversation. Most of the
time the echo is there, but not so annoying.

What gets me, and what made me post this thread was because I made a
local call the other day on my LL. The call was to a nearby business,
who uses the same phone company as mine, and even the same phone
exchange, for their LL. But I know for fact they have satellite for
their tv and their phone is also on that package. (If you recall a few
weeks ago, I posted a message about phone numbers showing on their tv.
This is the same business). So, this is apparently using VOIP. I did not
expect to have this echo on a local call, and it's never happened before
when I call that same business, which I call quite often.

Even more odd, when I finished the call and the other person hung up, I
didnt know they had hung up yet, and I said "goodbye". That word came
back at me really loud. For some reason having them hangup intensified
my own voice. Strange!