John Weston wrote in
:

You are correct that the voice is transmitted as "data" using
various and improving compression algorithms.
--
John



Matters not what data compression and transmission scheme is used. "Long
Distance" was to pay for all those wires interconnecting Syracuse to
Buffalo that could only handle X number of calls, simultaneously. Then the
carriers came to analog phones, increasing the numbers, but it was still on
the lines. Now it's on the fiber and the the calls are unlimited and "Long
Distance" is a SCAM....