[Asterisk-biz] Asterisk Business Termination -- VOIPJET

[alex at pilosoft.com]

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Matt Riddell wrote:

> > b) You did not notice me making a hard distinction between VOIP and
> > VoInternet.
> 
> No, I didn't.  Where did the protocol go in the second one?
VOIP is voice over IP. Any kind of IP - private links or Internet 
(meaning, *public* Internet).

VoInternet is explicitly voice going over public Internet. Meaning, not an 
end-to-end service and you are relying on Internet routing for your calls.

> >>Or are you here to help improve VOIP to a level you would find
> >>acceptable?
> > 
> > VOIP is good, and is here to stay. VoInternet is fraught with problems
> > due to lack of end-end guarantees on service.
> 
> You mean on a LAN it's good, over the net not?
I mean it is good over private circuits. As soon as you get public
Internet into picture, you become unable to provide any guarantees of
quality of service. Problem can be at your end, at your client's 
end or at any of 10 carriers that carry IP packets between you and 
your client, causing packet loss, reordering, jitter, etc, etc.

-alex