On 2017 Mar 06 10:11:22, you wrote to me:

 ML>> "bit robbing" is/was used so the telco can carry more
and a lower
 ML>> quality rate... in many cases, they swiped a bit from each
 ML>> connection... instead of 8 bits, you only got 7... 7 of those stolen
 ML>> bits made another connection that could be carried... they did
 ML>> similar with ISDN, too...

 KW> With ISDN in the US it was done to use inband SF signalling, which
 KW> didn't make a lot of sense since you had a whole D channel for call
 KW> setup/teardown.

exactly... did you know that that D channel is still in very widespread use
today, too? effectively it is what your cell phone uses to let the telco
know it is online and ready to accept inbound calls... it is where the SMS
stuff travels, too... this is why i hate the way that texts are charged
for... corporate greed strikes again in many ways!

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