[kwlug-disc] Cable internet providers

unsolicited unsolicited at swiz.ca
Wed Jun 4 23:16:25 EDT 2014


I thought cell was still analog? No?

I thought this was the big hullabaloo about digital (encrypting?) 
phones, and why anyone with an appropriate scanner could listen to your 
conversation.

Am I just muddling stuff together incorrectly? (So much technology in so 
many areas going by, moving targets ...)


On 14-06-04 11:08 PM, Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists account) wrote:
> Cell phones are just about VoIP as well; But as with any VoIP system
> if you can guarantee data delivery you won’t be able to tell the
> difference between a traditional circuit-switched network and the
> packet-switched networks we take for granted today. The trick, of
> course, lies in guaranteeing bandwidth (and latency).





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