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2. The faster the internet connection the better
You really need broadband - if you have a dialup connection, forget it. 512Kb/s CAN run, but if you are doing anything else in parallel the voice quality may be poor. Quality at 2Mb/s and above is noticeably better.
TStevens wrote:2. The faster the internet connection the better
You really need broadband - if you have a dialup connection, forget it. 512Kb/s CAN run, but if you are doing anything else in parallel the voice quality may be poor. Quality at 2Mb/s and above is noticeably better.
I beg to differ on this part, Dialup is a no-go, however as VOIP is all about your upstream, all UK ADSL based connections have a maximum of 256kb/s upstream, ADSLMAX has a maximum of 446. So in any country using ADSL/RADSL to deliver their broadband the theoretical maxiumum is 886kb/s. A 512k connection can handle true VOIP just fine.
So for VOIP purposes a connection above 1mb/s will see no increase in quality of calls. Most VOIP codecs will not use more than this amount of bandwidth anyway, even if it is spare. The only time a faster connection comes into play is when you share it with other computers in a household and then the more you have the better it will handle it.
TStevens wrote:True VOIP is where you use companies such as SIPGate to allocate a real phone number to your computer so that you can receive calls from landlines.
TStevens wrote:.....many of them see VOIP as a good thing to give prioritisation to those packets.
TStevens wrote:Your move from 2mb -> Max not showing as much difference will be partially attributed to the comments I made above about the size of files used for the VOIP calls, also the speed of Max greatly depends on how busy your local exchange is and how short your phone line is as well as it's quality.
rip wrote: I have a Thai friend & it is difficult for us to understand each other with a traditional phone call. With VOIP (we usually use an app called LINE), audio is so much clearer. I guess this is because Tooting isn't an international call........
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