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Low Bitrate Codec?

I need some opinions. I am working on embedding a loop into my webpage, and I have many dialup, or low bandwith viewers in the states and UK. I am very impressed with Gark's ~4kbps ogg files, and I have found JOrbis: http://www.jcraft.com/jorbis/
which plays vorbis files to boot.

I am wondering if there are any good alternatives to ogg for extremely low (4-36kbit/sec) bitrate audio? I know preprocessing is a big part of compressibility, but I'd like to know I was using the best codec possible.

Low Bitrate Codec?

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I am wondering if there are any good alternatives to ogg for extremely low (4-36kbit/sec) bitrate audio? I know preprocessing is a big part of compressibility, but I'd like to know I was using the best codec possible.

AAC+ will probably sound much better than that, but it's not available yet. Nero Digital is supposed to be released in this quarter which lasts until June... 
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Low Bitrate Codec?

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If you are embedding voice into your webpage, then you should consider using Speex.

EDIT: (Just so you know)
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Speex is an Open Source/Free Software patent-free audio compression format designed for speech.

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Speex is [...] designed to compress voice at bitrates ranging from 2 to 44 kbps.
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