[asterisk-dev] iLBC packet loss concealment (was: code-cleanup concerns)

alex at pilosoft.com alex at pilosoft.com
Sun Apr 16 08:39:20 MST 2006


On Sun, 16 Apr 2006, Steve Underwood wrote:

> Skype is certainly better than the PSTN when going Skype to Skype, but
> why do people think it sounds better than the PSTN when going to the
> PSTN? Is it just psycological, or are they using an environment (e.g.  
> headset) that just sounds better than their usual phone? Having they
> been using a Cisco 7940 with G.729, where a real PSTN to PSTN connection
> would sounds rather better? I find it an interesting comment that Matt
> made.
It potentially *can* be better, as skype uses wideband codecs (g.722), 
which samples at 16khz vs 8khz for PSTN...

-alex




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