At 08 Nov 2007 07:05:38 -0800 David W Studeman wrote:

> For some reason, when I talk to people on Sprint and
> Verizon, they sound like they have marbles in their mouths but I
honestly
> do not know that it is not a lot of really bad handsets out there or the
> technology itself.

Both CDMA and GSM are capable of good voice quality, but the ever
increasing need for bandwidth encourages cell providers to use lower bit-
rate codecs. I think T-Mobile has the best voice quality in the US right
now, better than AT&T (who uses the same technology, GSM) but it's worse
than it was a few years ago.

> Maybe I should buy a bag of marbles and join the fun.
> Can you hear me now? Yes but Damn!


Apparently the bandwidth crunch even effects texting- "See you later"
seems to get reduced to "C U L8R" on most phones these days! ;-)