Pin Drops

Do you remember that old commercial about being able to hear a pin drop through the phone?  What happened to that?  At one time it was important to have a good clear signal.  Nowadays it’s the number of minutes you can talk, number of people in calling circles, lack of dropped calls, rollover minutes, etc..  And the one thing I have noticed is the sound quality is just getting worse and worse.  So many people call me and I can barely hear what they are saying.  Their voices are distorted or there’s static-y background noise, echoes, breathing sounds, pops and whirrs, etc…  I miss the day when you could talk on the phone and enjoy the conversation.  I find I spend most of the time saying, “What?  Can you repeat that?  Maybe try putting your mouth closer to the receiver. Are you there?  Can you hear me?  How about I call you back, it’s clearly a bad connection, connection, connection…”   Do you hear me Sprint?  AT&T?  Verizon? Can we try to make the sound quality good again?