[Asterisk-Users] VoIP experiences with Cable and DSL

[Steven P. Donegan]

Leif Madsen wrote:

>On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 12:07:14 -0400, Steve Szmidt <steve at szmidt.org> wrote:
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>>For a few years now I've operated with cable as the obvious choice, at least
>>in my area where RoadRunner really built up a good network. It could be that
>>for nation wide implementation VoIP really should be on DSL. (Unless of
>>course you need a big pipe where a split T is the only higher option.)
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I believe this is a 'religious' discussion. I deployed a widespread 
(phoenix/california/hawaii) telecommuting setup for 50 employees using 
H.323 (not Asterisk - Altigen at the time). This was across probably 15 
different providers networks and spread pretty equally between Cable 
modem/router and DSL. In all cases 'business class' services were 
ordered at the highest available speeds.

The bottom line - after 2+ years we have had about equal amounts of 
trouble over both media types. When it's good it's just about perfect - 
when it's bad it's the same as bad cell phone connections. The bad times 
are infrequent on either media types.

My .02$