[JDEV] [Fwd: Cool idea! (Jabphone ;-)]

[Oliver George]

I'll second all three points there.

- Slimy

David Waite wrote:
> 
> I would say that just about any voice communication will need to be done Out
> of Band just for latency issues, ignoring the issues of bandwidth through
> the server.
> 
> mp3 isn't the best format for sending audio back and forth because
> - it doesn't compress that well at extreme low bit rates. (Frauhoffer has
> worked on this some)
> - non-availability; mp3 encoding is patent-encumbered.
> 
> I belive there is a speak freely project which is an open-source voice
> communications package, which also does party-line type chats via a
> client-server architecture 'repeater'.
> 
> -David Waite
>