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Anonymous   04-07-2005 at 07:07:39 PM

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I have cable internet access in NY.
I'm considering getting a VoIP service.
When I download large files, will the VoIP sound quality diminish?

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Anonymous   04-07-2005 at 07:34:36 PM
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Archived from groups: comp.dcom.voice-over-ip (More info?)

 

> I have cable internet access in NY.
> I'm considering getting a VoIP service.
> When I download large files, will the VoIP sound quality diminish?

If you overrun the available bandwidth then yes it'll potentially be altered
or even interrupted. You can help mitigate this by using a VoIP gateway
that has the first connection to the cable modem and uses QoS to make sure
it always has enough.

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Anonymous   04-12-2005 at 11:08:04 AM
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Archived from groups: comp.dcom.voice-over-ip (More info?)

 

"wkearney99" <wkearney99@hotmail.com> writes:

>> I have cable internet access in NY.
>> I'm considering getting a VoIP service.
>> When I download large files, will the VoIP sound quality diminish?

>If you overrun the available bandwidth then yes it'll potentially be altered
>or even interrupted. You can help mitigate this by using a VoIP gateway
>that has the first connection to the cable modem and uses QoS to make sure
>it always has enough.

Yeah, my wife was...well, not happy...when I would move Torrents
around while she was on the phone. So I implemented traffic
shaping. Life is much better now.

The Linksys WRT54G (with OpenWRT) works well for this if you just
want something small and simple (and cheap).

--kyler

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