Re: [rtcweb] Transcoding

[Ron <[e-mail]>]

On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:40:51AM +0900, "Martin J. Dürst" wrote:
> On 2014/01/15 23:32, John Leslie wrote:
> 
> >    I have experienced such latencies. It's really painful. But recall
> >that there was useful earth-to-moon conferencing -- so I don't think
> >we should forbid such latencies: it feels like an application-level
> >consideration.
> 
> Re. earth-to-moon conferencing: Just because it worked for carefully
> selected and well-trained astronauts and ground personnel doesn't
> mean it will be easy for everyday users :-(.

Wait.  You have to be a carefully selected astronaut to get a CB or
Amateur Radio licence, or to use a satellite phone?

Why did nobody tell me this before??


I completely agree that calling the customer service center of the
monopoly telco here is a world of pain and fail[1] since they moved
their call centers offshore and put them behind a poor quality VoIP
link -- but they reassure us that it's perfectly acceptable.  And
they should know right?  They're the well-trained experts at this.


  Floating in a most peculiar way,
  Ron


[1]  When the line quality of your support call center is worse
     than the phone I'm calling to report a serious line fault on
     then the message in the subtext is at least crystal clear!