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From: motcid!benyukhi@uunet.uu.net (Ed Benyukhis)
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Subject: Re: Data Lines vs. Voice Lines
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In article <12490@accuvax.nwu.edu>, stox@balr.com (Ken Stox) writes:

 > 	2) Once digitized at the C.O., the digital data from your
 > phone call is blocked into packets of data which are routed through
 > the phone network.

Digitization of speach does not imply packet switching.

 > 	3) Human speech contains a great deal of dead air/silence.
 > When you are pausing in a word/sentence/etc., you are no longer
 > sending data. The phone company can now send more packets of data over
 > that trunk line while you are pausing between word/sentences/etc.

Speech interpolation techniques are not prevelent in the land networks
yet.


Edward Benyukhis