Dennis Ferguson <dcferguson@pacbell.net> wrote in
news:slrneu28fs.le.dcferguson@akit-ferguson.com:

> but note that that DTMF tones can't be
> sent through this codec with sufficient fidelity to be reliably decoded
> and instead need special-case handling (a complexity which I suspect
> is the source of the periodic griping on Skype forums about DTMF not
> working reliably). There's nothing "fast" about this codec, the "fast"
> codec (iSAC) is only used for Skype-Skype calls.
>

If that were true, Vox for Skype would be unable to control it remotely
from my calling Skype from my crappy cellphone. DTMF controls VOX and
Skype perfectly from my cellphone. Skype sounds better than my cellphone
on any occasion. Maybe it's the better fidelity of my Netgear SPH101
Skype wifi phone or Linksys CIT200 wireless Skype phone plugged into my
laptop's USB port.

Noone is forcing anyone to use Skype. I'm simply pointing out this
outstanding, FREE, alternative to calling on cellular. It's really hard
to argue with FREE, or even nearly FREE (Skype out ($30/year) + Skype In
($38/year)), when compared to my $46x12=$552/year, 700 min/mo cellular
phone service.

Of course, I must be attacked for even THINKING the unthinkable...calling
on something much cheaper or free....right?

Do you think cellular sounds 8.11 times as good as Skype? (price/price)
Which is better at home?...cellular's barely useable signal inside the
house...or Skype's full scale signal from my powerful wifi router on the
Netgear SPH101?
Everything is a compromise....One is better here, the other is better in
the car.

Larry
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