[lug] Business VOIP Advice...

[Zan Lynx]

Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> On 09/02/2009 08:52 AM, Ryan Kirkpatrick wrote:
>> telco refuses (for their own VOIP service) to put QoS on their end of the
>> T1/DSL/Cable? For more details, read on...
> 
> The reason to go for a provider that offers both the line and the VoIP
> service is that they will do the right thing for the QoS to make sure that
> data traffic doesn't swamp the voice.
> 
> Otherwise, you might as well just get a data line and whatever VoIP
> provider you like on the Internet and deal with these issues.
> 
> Now, remember, a T1 is *NOT* a high speed Internet service.  I'm so old
> that I remember when a T1 was a high speed connection.

Absolutely a T1 is a high speed Internet link. If you cannot handle 
about 20 simultaneous VOIP calls on a T1 then you are using the wrong 
software.

One single dedicated voice channel is 64 Kbps. A T1 is 1.5 Mbps and 
could handle 23 lines when connected to a PBX in the olden days.

If you cannot do the same while using a packetized protocol that doesn't 
even have to transmit much of the time, then something is very wrong, as 
I said.

Or I suppose you could be trying to do CD quality voice. That's a waste 
of time.
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Zan Lynx
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