From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:37:24 -0400, InterLinked wrote:   
      
   > On 8/19/2025 11:17 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:56:09 -0400, InterLinked wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I've tested some cheap long-distance services that are cheap   
   >>> precisely because they're garbage quality (e.g. Excel, 5102), and   
   >>> can't even hold a 300 baud modem connection without corruption.   
   >>   
   >> The irony of carrying voice service over broadband IP-based   
   >> backhaul, and then trying to implement a low-bandwidth IP service   
   >> on top of that ... only in the USA??   
   >   
   > There is a lot of stuff in the field that uses 300 baud modems for   
   > telemetry.   
      
   I have a customer who does a lot of that, up and down the country.   
   They use wireless connections (formerly 3G, now 4G) for that.   
      
   > Low-speed modem protocols without error correction also tend to be a   
   > decent quality test for voice connections.   
      
   A more accurate test would surely involve actual voices.   
      
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