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- From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Neophyte Long Distance Questions
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- Date: 15 Aug 92 05:35:19 GMT
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- daniels@xstor.com (Daniel A. Segel) writes:
-
- > I have a few questions about just what is going on when I place a call
- > from work (near San Jose, CA) to, say, Japan.
-
- > There are two major variables that seem to change for every call I
- > make.
-
- > Number one is that sometimes there is a long delay between what I say
- > and the answer I get from the other person, which can lead to real
- > difficulty in carrying on a conversation. This delay is not always
- > there, however.
-
- > Secondly, the line noise is sometimes considerably higher than other
- > times.
-
- > Is this in some way related to calls going through a satellite versus
- > going through cables under the ocean? What are the distance involved?
- > I thought the satellite were in geosycnhronous orbit about 22,000
- > miles out, but even that distance should only delay the signal about
- > .25 seconds (there and back). Is one method of carrying the signal
- > inherently more noisy than the other?
-
- Actually it's .5 seconds. You forgot that the signal has to travel the
- full loop.
-
- You say "Hello" .125 sec; voice reaches satellite .25 sec; voice
- reaches other party (variable delay in audio-electrochemical
- intrerface and processor :-) they respond .375+x; their response
- reaches satellite .5+x; you hear their response.
-
- With an undersea cable you've got a full loop distance of less than
- 12,000 miles. say .1 seconds?
-
-
- Leonard Erickson leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com
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