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In article <ho8pfg$sqn$1@news.eternal-september.org>, David Kaye
<sfdavidkaye2@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Well, my research tells me that all the new phones have variable bit rate, 
> which means the throughput goes WAY down if you pause between words, speak in 
> a low volume, or have a lower pitched voice.  It then jumps up when
> necessary, 

true.

> and it's the low resolution of the low bitrate along with the network or 
> phone's inability to handle the sudden jump up in bitrate that causes all 
> kinds of artifacts, some enough to make the audio unintelligible.

that would be a crappy implementation. that doesn't mean vbr sucks.

> I have several friends with iPhones, for instance.  I have asked them to text 
> me instead because it's nearly impossible to hear what they're saying on them. 

which can be due to any number of reasons.

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