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To: TheLineMan who wrote (27870)	2/15/1998 4:49:00 AM
From: Marshall	Respond to of 33268

Ah, but plenty of other devices are out there for the coding. Last year Lucent unveiled the first in a line that incorporates a 32-bit internal bus. bdti.com It all boils down to the end to end voice quality in real world connections along with the amount of glue & support logic required.

To: TheLineMan who wrote (27870)	2/15/1998 1:47:00 PM
From: Ignacio Mosqueira	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33268

Valentine would you agree that the application matters in regards to the end of the line voice quality that you obtain? The link you provide seems to imply as much. I certainly do not know everything that goes into it but I can imagine that handling a compressed signal can be tricky because any corruption will then be magnified. My point is that you need to look for a compression code that works in a similar application.

To: TheLineMan who wrote (27870)	2/15/1998 3:13:00 PM
From: Marshall	Respond to of 33268

Val, I dug a little deeper into that website and while it does read well one has to wonder about a couple of things. It appears AMBE has been available since 1996 and they do have some reference customers, however they all appear to be limited to satellite/wireless applications. Could there be something inherent to real-world POTS telephony that makes AMBE not the best choice for compression in that domain? Could it be that RACE prefers their implementation because it somehow takes advantage of knowing some of that hidden code in the Lucent DSP chipsets? Now I realize "evaluation boards" are usually larger than the finished implementations but they sure seem to have a lot of developed real estate on these boards: dvsinc.com dvsinc.com I think I'll pose a few questions the next time I'm talking to someone at RACE.

To: TheLineMan who wrote (27870)	2/16/1998 12:56:00 AM
From: Kashish King	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33268

Modem integrators like RACE depend on technology companies like Lucent, Rockwell, Texas Instruments and others. I think we're seeing the acceleration of remote access products, by those same companies, into their PBX systems from home or on the road. Once that bridge has been established it will clear the way for a completely integrated voice-data network and obviate the need for proprietary PBXs altogether. In terms of a transitional approach, BT clearly isn't going to compete with those whose technology they are simply adapting. Again, there may have been a window of opportunity a year ago but it's been slammed shut as those who make the technology in the first place expand their markets. With Convergence, any employee with a phone and networked PC can become a full-featured Spectrum agent! biz.yahoo.com