[Asterisk-biz] Asterisk/SIP over satellite?

[Dorn Hetzel]

On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 12:22:06PM -0500, Nabeel Jafferali wrote:
> Tom Hayden wrote:
> > I would imagine the latency would be less than desireable, but I've
> > heard that some of the newer sats actually have decent latency.
> 
> I know this isn't directly related to your Q, but I have a few users on
> my * server in Tanzania with BudgeTones. Their ISP's connection to the
> Internet is through satellite via Europe and my server is in Florida.
> The latency * sees is ~700ms. But, calls to them are crystal clear.
>
Yeah, latency has no impact on clarity, only loss and jitter do that.
It's also worth noting that jitter can almost always be cured by
enough jitter buffer; the price you pay is extending latency to always
be equal to whatever the worst latency was during jitter.  If you
don't mind the moonbounce effect, it's no problem :)  Personally,
I carry a Nextel phone and I'm *real* used to half-duplex conversations,
so that doesn't bother me much :)

-Dorn