[Asterisk-biz] VoIP over satellite

[Jeff Coleman]

> 
> Michael Young wrote:
> > Anyone out there have experience with Asterisk IAX or SIP 
> connections
> > across a satellite link?
> 
> You *must remember* that you will have at least 1 second 
> delay. For some 
> customers, this is unacceptable.
> 
> My next step will be setup an asterisk server here also. But I don't 
> believe will have any impact on delay or quality.
> 

The latency problem won't go away regardless of what equipment you have on
either end.  It is a simple time/distance equation and you can generally
figure on about 1 second each direction.  These geosyncronous satellites are
about 26K miles out and it just takes time to send the signals.

-jeff