[ascagnel_]

> I'm surprised how much, as consumers, people will put up with in terms of bad audio. I think cell phones really helped lower the bar when the connections were bad but the mobility was unrivaled. I used to hate calling someone's cell phone because the land-line was generally crystal clear and responsive.

VoLTE has been rolling out (slowly) over the past few years, but has hit a human-based stumbling block. People now expect background noise on phone calls, and may mistake its absence for a signal that the call has been dropped.