[hpsdr] TeamSpeak audio 2008/Dec/13

[Mike Naruta]

Dear Klaus,


Thank you.  Yes, the interruptions are inconvenient
and often happen at critical words.  It makes it
difficult for even a native English speaker to
understand.


Some of the things I have tried are:

disconnect all other PCs from my Internet connection

only run TeamSpeak, at a high priority

changed to a different operating system and hardware
(Windows XP Pro on one PC and Ubuntu 8.10 Linux on
the other PC)


When I use TeamSpeak to look at user information,
I have a 5% to 10% packet loss.  When I look at
other users, they usually have 0% packet loss.

I suspect that the problem is from my Internet
Provider, Comcast.  The interruptions are periodic
and you can sometimes hear an interrupted packet
arriving at a delayed time.  This would be an
excellent way for Comcast to interfere with any
other VOIP service that would compete with the
Comcast VOIP service.  I appear to not be the
only one experiencing problems:

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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080129-p2p-users-blast-comcast-in-fcc-proceeding.html 
 >

I am on waiting lists for DSL and fiber optic service,
but they are not available to me yet, even though
I am a short distance from the telephone office.
I used to use satellite for my IP and now regret
ending that service.

I might be able to try a dial-up Internet connection
with another Internet Provider to see if I can get
a clean TeamSpeak connection.

If that does not work, we may need another volunteer
who does not have Comcast IP to do the recordings.


73,
Mike - AA8K



Klaus - DK7XL wrote:
>   Dear Mike,
> 
> as you may recall I listen to your recording of
> FlexRadio Teamspaek Friends session regularly
> 
> I use the information for my broadcast on 80m for the German
> SDR Group.
> 
> However in recent weeks I have trouble to listen - too many
> interruptions distort the audio hence makes it extremely difficult
> to understand - especially for a non native speaker.
> 
> I am not sure where the problem is - but all my other audio via 
> TeamSpeak/Skype etc. is fine.
> 
> Hope we´ll find out what´s going wrong.
> 
> Thank you so much for your efforts, Mike.
> 
> 73s - Klaus, DK7XL
> 
> 

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