Re: [Nolug] VoIP routers for $70 and a little work

On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 15:48 -0500, Petri Laihonen wrote:
> > That is because most third world countries, and even Europe and Asia, do
> > not have the extensive wired infrastructure that we enjoy in the US.
>
> Even wired infrastructure (technologically) is behind over here. I'm not
> sure about the current state of the local switches and stuff, (Some must
> be digital already for adsl) but one of the so called culture shocks for
> me was the bad sound quality in the land lines and analog
> technology.(naturally related to each other) (Also all the noise and voice
> bleeeding over)

They're pretty much gone now, from many urban/suburban areas.

Rural areas with tiny co-op phone companies still have ancient
analog equipment.

> In Finland our last analog phone switch was retired about 20 years ago.

Finland is just a bit smaller than Montana, and 2/3 of the
population lives in urban areas. And it, like Sweden and
Norway, are highly regulated. It's really easy to replace
equipment in an environment like that.

> > I took a wireless course a few months ago where we discussed, in great
> > detail, the intricate details of layer 1 802.11 and cellular (CDMA, TDMA,
> > GSM) networks. The extreme complexity and what can only be described as
> > hardcore hacking that it takes to make those networks run is mind
> > boggling. When someone has problems with a wireless device and asks "Why
> > doesn't this work?", your first response should be "Why the hell should
> > it?" :)
>
> But these can be implemented correctly.
> For instance simple wireless feature SMS. The failure rate within northern
> american operators average 10%. (Some areas T-mobile and Fido way over
> 10%). My peers in europe were amazed of these numbers due to the same
> numbers over there are under 0.5%.
>
> Petri
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