On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 19:37:48 -0500, Ignoramus4526
wrote:

On 2016-07-15, Ed Huntress wrote:
Here's one for the digital experts: I do a lot of interviews in which
the other party is on a cell phone, and I think I've noticed a
difference over time in how they work.

If the call is conducted at a busy time of day, and there are clear
signs of bandwidth becoming limited, it used to be that there would be
a corresponding number of dropouts in the conversation. Lately (and I
call mostly the Chicago and Los Angeles areas) I've detected something
different: it sounds like they're just reducing the audio bitrate. It
starts to sound like it's coming from a cheap microphone.

Does anyone know?


Are you on Sprint?

I'm on Verizon, both for landline and for cell phones. But what I'm
describing isn't happening at my end. I'm using landline for recording
interviews, 90% of the time. It's something happening at the other
end, when they're using cell phones.

Hey, I'm headed for Chicago this coming Tuesday. If I get a break,
I'll give you a call.

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Ed Huntress