[ale] [OT] VoIP recommendations

[Christopher Fowler]

I haev Packet8 with Speedfactory and I'm happy.  If I'm doing any
downloading or anythnig to eat up my bandwidth I have to stop in order
to have a nice conversation.

Do not rely on VOIP.  Keep cheap landline for emergencies.

On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 13:52, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
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> Jim Popovitch wrote:
> > I heavily looked into doing the all VoIP at Home thing a few months ago.
> > In short the latency and packetloss issues of using either 256K DSL
> > (BellSouth) or 5Mb/384k Cable (Comcast) made it impossible to conduct a
> > business call without seriously causing problems for people on the other
> > end of the call or conference bridge.  Vonage is probably ok for limited
> > use to call and order a pizza or such.  VoIP in general for broadband
> > home users just isn't there (IMHO) for "realtime" conversations where
> > you don't have a 5 sec lag and you aren't constantly repeating things.
> > 
> > A really really bad TDMA cellphone connection is still better than
> > broadband VoIP these days.  Tomorrow may change things as codecs are
> > constantly improved and networks (hopefully) become more reliable.
> > 
> 
> So, in short, it wouldn't be good for general contact, is that right?
> 
> Are there no codecs that can adequately compress to telephone standard
> quality?  I thought that was in the single-digit kb/sec range?  Am I
> wrong in that?
> 
> How much bandwidth does a single call require?
> 
> 	- Mike
> 
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