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Anyone involved in, or contemplating the transmission of digitized audio
between computers over the Internet for such purposes as distance teaching,
virtual reality telepresence, and audio/video conferencing may wish to
become familiar with a March 4th petition by the Americas Carriers
Telecommunication Association (ACTA) to the FCC regarding Internet
telecommunications. This petition appears to broadly define all Internet
real-time audio communications between computer users as telephone calls
and seeks their prohibition. The FCC Common Carrier Bureau responded March
8th with Public Notice Report #2124 requesting comments on the petitioned
Rulemaking No. 8775 with an April 8th deadline. International
communications would appear to be affected only if passing through or
terminating in the US. Excerpted supplemental information follows:
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[ Url: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/WWW/hottopic.html#. |
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Internet Audio Salesperson needed.
Rapidly growing company is seeking an audio salesperson for its rapidly
growing sales dept. The ideal candidate will have a broad range of
experience with
mid to high end audio gear and will be familiar with internet applications.
We are located in the beautiful Westlake Village area of California, just
inland
from Malibu and within easy driving distance to Ventura and Los Angeles.
This is a full time position. Salary and comission requisite with
experience.
Please contact Kevin Enderle or Kent Weaver at 805-497-4117 or fax your
resume in confidence to 805-497-8418 Attn: Kevin Enderle.
We are an equal opportunity employer. |
| Federal Communications Commission
Common Carrier Bureau
RECENT ACTIONS
Comment Sought on ACTA Internet Phone Petition (March 1996)
+ The Commission has issued a public notice inviting comment on
the petition filed by Americas Carriers Telecommunication
Association (ACTA) seeking a declaratory ruling, special
relief, and institution of a rulemaking proceeding dealing
with Internet telephony and with FCC regulation of the
Internet. Comments are due April 8, 1996, and reply comments
are due April 23, 1996.
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[ Full text of this petition is at http://www.freetel.com/fccpet.htm ] |
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Some of the internet encoding algorithms work very well. But it depends on
how much theyre trying to collapse the data. Consider: your original
signal is a bit over 1.5 megabit per second (you said 48k s/r and stereo).
Youre crunching it through a real-time Zephyr down to 128
kilobits/second, and it probably still sounds great at the receiving
end... even though youre throwing away more than 90% of the audio data to
squeeze it through ISDN. |
| Do you want to learn how to set up your own radio station, conduct
interviews, record events, create and digitally edit content for radio
programs, achieve an understanding and use of internet audio
streaming/webcasting, distribute audio files and programs/music via the
Internet, and much more? |
