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Got just over an hour to spare? Want to learn way, way more about #modems in the 90’s, and how people got around managing both #voice and #data calls without hanging up your #internet connection and getting mad? You do? Me too. Well then.

Voice chat in the age of modems : https://youtube.com/watch?v=7mqkTFq7Ekg&feature=share


Voice chat in the age of modems

I've been sitting on a pile of bizarre modems for years and I'm incredibly excited to show you their dumb features that you didn't want then and still don't ...
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#data #Internet #voice #modems

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Kevan
Kevan
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In case you want to compare, both opus and aac sound good for their bit rate with 20 kbps stereo. https://snide.fun/ice/tgs.opus https://snide.fun/ice/tgs.aac
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Andre Louis
Andre Louis
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@kev All this tech came out way beyond where it would have been useful, IE: internet radio stations in the 90's. Shame really.
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Andre Louis
Andre Louis
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@kev Doesn't stop it being very cool though. Amazing how much audio you can fit into basically nothing.
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