[Asterisk-Users] InfoWeek Article on VOIP

[Michael Graves]

Here's t
link:

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JUEFVG
ENEA01YQSNDBCCKH0CJUMEKJVN?articleID=165702588

The bottom line is that they compare retail VOIP providers like Comcast
Cable, Time-Warner Cable, AT&T, Vonage, Packet8 et al. Their
methodology seems sound. Their conclusion is that retail VOIP services
don't yet match the PSTN for reliability & call quality.

It is interesting that all of these retail providers use ATA type
devices. I wonder how some of the stronger true ITSPs like Level3 or
even Nufone, VOIPJet, etc would fare, especially with an all digital
scheme...ie hard IP phones.

My own sense is that my IP base calls are cleaner than my SBC lines. I
accept that they're less reliable, but much of that I attribute to the
fact that I'm no Linux guru and I use a retail DSL line as my IP
access.

Michael Graves


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