Comments on: FIOS – An interesting discovery! http://www.2s2d.net/2009/06/10/fios-an-interesting-discovery/ All things Tech! Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:27:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kris Stark http://www.2s2d.net/2009/06/10/fios-an-interesting-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Kris Stark Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:01:48 +0000 http://www.2s2d.net/?p=1012#comment-58 Wow - that is surprising, especially considering that a voice channel should use at a maximum 64 kb of bandwith. (T-1 circuits were originally designed to handle 24 simultaneous voice calls at 64 kb each, thus the 1536 kb speed) I can't imagine that Verizon would even be using G711 as the codec for voice calls unless they detect a fax on the line, in which case a typical voice call should take somewhere between 20 and 30 kb, or less. I know at the office here I don't see any differences in speeds while on a call - granted, this is not FiOS, but still a fiber connection with data and voice on the same glass... Wow – that is surprising, especially considering that a voice channel should use at a maximum 64 kb of bandwith. (T-1 circuits were originally designed to handle 24 simultaneous voice calls at 64 kb each, thus the 1536 kb speed)

I can’t imagine that Verizon would even be using G711 as the codec for voice calls unless they detect a fax on the line, in which case a typical voice call should take somewhere between 20 and 30 kb, or less.

I know at the office here I don’t see any differences in speeds while on a call – granted, this is not FiOS, but still a fiber connection with data and voice on the same glass…

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