[kwent]

This is also true with silences. When we switched from analogue phone calls to digital phone calls in the 90's, SIP began to ingest white noise during silences due to discomfort perceived by the users thinking they got hung up or the network has been disconnected.

[eru]

It's even worse on Zoom.

A simple experiment: let your counter party put a metronome next to their microphone, and enjoy the time distortion.

[HenryBemis]

It is more fun in Skype calls. There is a 'gap' then you get a 10second audio clip 'played to you' in 5 seconds :)