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Re:The first minute of every phone call is torture now by Godel_unicode on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @03:37AM (#33432383)
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if this is happening to you it’s your fault. You must either live in a coal mine or use terrible tech for your calls. I have voip calls all the time and they’re all what you’re asking for. It just takes a tiny amount of forethought when deciding on what tech to use.
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Re:The first minute of every phone call is torture now by noobermin on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @03:56AM (#33432506)
Can you force my boss to pay for zoom phone so we can use voip via zoom? Ah no it must be my fault then.
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Re:The first minute of every phone call is torture now by tluyben2 on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @04:01AM (#33432541)
You mean it’s all fine when you sit in your office using fiber and expensive VoIP gear? But how about when you are on the move? The ‘coal mine’ starts 2 meters outside the center of London and that’s not only for data.
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Re:The first minute of every phone call is torture now by Godel_unicode on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @04:05AM (#33432560)
> But how about when you are on the move?

Yep, then too. The stats are extremely clear about this, don’t use cheap carriers and don’t use cheap Bluetooth. Southern England has excellent cell coverage.

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Re:The first minute of every phone call is torture now by nihilius on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @04:31AM (#33432740)
I use Vodafone and an up to date iPhone. Voice Calls are so crappy here in Germany its not even funny. I always prefer texting over calling.
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Re:The first minute of every phone call is torture now by rhino369 on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @10:58AM (#33436870)
I work in Downtown DC, you can see the Washington monument from my office window--and I still get awful Verizon reception on an iPhone 12 pro.
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Re:The first minute of every phone call is torture now by Godel_unicode on Friday November 04, 2022 @03:17AM (#33463148)
Not according to the data you don’t. There are a couple places in DC that have actually bad signal but not in that area.
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