Hawk’s Babble-Log

I just got off the phone with a guy who sounded like, “…waa woua wua wau woo mmmn wumm nuaa ohh…” It was all vowels. I had to keep asking, “What?” and “Say again?” It made the whole call very unpleasant, not to mention as annoying as a burr up your butt. I think I understood about 20% – 30% of what he said.

I’ve noticed that it’s getting more and more difficult to understand people on my cell phone. It’s not the area; I’m in the middle of Hollywood! It may be my provider (AT&T) because they just kinda suck in general. It’s not my phone because it’s relatively new and solid-state digital devices with no moving parts don’t degrade like a carefully maintained new automobile which has just expired warranty.

I’d bet money that my cell phone provider (AT&T) is using some digital processing trick which drops bits or compresses the data at the expense of sound quality.

Message to dumb-ass cell phone providers: Make the sound quality GOOD! If the other guy sounds like, “…soo I waaah waooh tweaah n mmunn arrmmun eaumnnt oclock mmkay?…” then the quality level is too low!