[SIPForum-techwg] Can we please have at least one real codec

[Cullen Jennings]

Great - let the customer choose

On Feb 12, 2009, at 11:05 AM, Jack Burton wrote:

> Bandwidth per call is getting cheaper all the time.
>
> I think mandating a codec that makes VOIP calls sound inferior to  
> TDM calls will bring at least as much ridicule as one using more  
> bandwidth.
>
> If we mandate any codec at all, we should only require G.711.   G. 
> 711 is the only codec that is supported in virtually every endpoint/ 
> gateway and is royalty-free.
>
> -Jack
>
> >>> Cullen Jennings <fluffy at cisco.com> 2/12/2009 01:28 >>>
>
> Bandwidth for call is expensive - we want a T1 VoIP line to support
> more calls, not less calls that a T1 PRI line. I think we have to
> require codec that uses less bandwidth than 711 or the whole thing
> will just be made fun of by the marketing departments of PSTN
> providers. I'm not saying people have to use this codec, but I think
> it has to be implemented on both sides.
>
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