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Re: What is VoLTE?

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On 2014-05-25, Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 2014-05-24, RS Wood wrote:
>> But VoLTE’s being touted above all else for its ability to enhance the
>> quality of voice calls with what the marketing departments have dubbed “HD
>> Voice.”
>
> If they can actually fix the voice quality on modern phones, that
> would be the greatest thing since... well, phones that actually
> worked.
>
> I like talking to family members when I'm walking somewhere, but the
> quality is so bad that many times I give up and call them back
> later, when I'm indoors in a quiet room.
>
> I'm on Verizon LTE with a Galaxy SIII.  My phone does an excellent
> job of google maps, an good job of texting, and it keeps me
> entertained on public transit when it's too crowded to pull out a
> book.  But when it comes to calls, it's abysmal.
>
> My fiancee has had the same old flip phone for many years (CDMA).
> She enjoys three days or more of battery life and much better audio
> quality.

That's been my experience too on a Galaxy Note 3, and every iphone user
I've ever asked has said the same thing: "great computer/toy/gadget, not
that great a phone."

After a cursory read, this VoLTE thing seems like the logical next step
in converting 'legacy' systems to packet switching.  Ironically, that
will make it easier to monitor that stream of information too, I
suppose, not that it seems the spooks have had a very hard time doing it
already (*every* phone call out of Afghanistan? Jeez, give it a break).

I wonder if deteriorating phone call quality doesn't have something to
do with rotting infrastructure too, in the US at least.

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What is VoLTE? RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-24 19:56 +0000
  Re: What is VoLTE? Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-05-25 06:42 +0000
    Re: What is VoLTE? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-25 09:04 +0000
      Re: What is VoLTE? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-05-25 14:06 +0000

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