Telephony is Narrowband

• Bandwidth in Telephone Channels is Narrow

  • Sounds below about 300 Hz cut off to reduce equipment hum within telephone system
  • Sounds above about 3,400 Hz cut off to reduce the bandwidth needed to send a telephone signal

20 kHz

300 Hz

3.4 kHz

3.1 kHz

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