"R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclayton@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> "divoch" <divoch@REMOVETHIShotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>
>>> It would have to be a seriously low bit rate not to match 32kbit/s
>>> ADPCM!
>> As far as I know it is just 64kbits/s, not much more than the old
>> dial-up.
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> Exactly the same as ISDN / ITU No.7.
>
>> Is that really adequate?
>
> Well telephone is not exactly high fidelity, but that is plenty for voice.
> As the analogue loop is taken out, quality should be better and noise
> significantly less than on PSTN. The only caveat is if the bandwidth is
> contended then you may get latency and contnuity problems.

Isn't that exactly what the problem with this otherwise adequate speed might
be ?
As it is a public hotspot it is likely, is it not, that the bandwidth will
be contended?
divoch