VoIP Bandwidth

DustinB3403

The bandwidth requirements for VoIP is so trivial that unless they are getting substantially slower than dial up speeds for an remote site, that this shouldn't even be a concern.

scottalanmiller

It doesn't really work that way. It's all about what else they are doing. You can do solid VoIP at 50Kb/s. Bandwidth is not at all the issue.

scottalanmiller

@dustinb3403 said in VoIP Bandwidth:

The bandwidth requirements for VoIP is so trivial that unless they are getting substantially slower than dial up speeds for an remote site, that this shouldn't even be a concern.

Well no, you realistically need dial up speeds at least

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller said in VoIP Bandwidth:

@dustinb3403 said in VoIP Bandwidth:

The bandwidth requirements for VoIP is so trivial that unless they are getting substantially slower than dial up speeds for an remote site, that this shouldn't even be a concern.

Well no, you realistically need dial up speeds at least

I did say "substantially slower"

NashBrydges

Aren't latency and jitter the most likely concerns with remote users? Assuming they have the standard minimum speed available?

DustinB3403

@nashbrydges said in VoIP Bandwidth:

Aren't latency and jitter the most likely concerns with remote users? Assuming they have the standard minimum speed available?

Yes, those are the real concerns but it is not within the users or @EddieJennings control to fix these issues. These are for the ISP to address.

NashBrydges

@dustinb3403 said in VoIP Bandwidth:

@nashbrydges said in VoIP Bandwidth:

Aren't latency and jitter the most likely concerns with remote users? Assuming they have the standard minimum speed available?

Yes, those are the real concerns but it is not within the users or @EddieJennings control to fix these issues. These are for the ISP to address.

Exactly, which I think should be part of establishing realistic expectations along with communicating minimum requirements for speed. Would hate to have remote users expect to have VoIP available but it turns out to be unusable.

scottalanmiller

@nashbrydges said in VoIP Bandwidth:

Aren't latency and jitter the most likely concerns with remote users? Assuming they have the standard minimum speed available?

Yes, and packet loss like you see on Comcast networks all of the time.

scottalanmiller

What you really want is end users to generate MOS scores from home.

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller said in VoIP Bandwidth:

@nashbrydges said in VoIP Bandwidth:

Aren't latency and jitter the most likely concerns with remote users? Assuming they have the standard minimum speed available?

Yes, and packet loss like you see on Comcast networks all of the time.

Packet loss or packet theft. . . with Comcast you can't be certain. . .