[Asterisk-Users] Re: BudgeTone 100 Woes

[Tony Mountifield]

In article <20050806145704.2A27917EA7 at linux.duda.tzo.com>,
Jim Duda <jim at duda.tzo.com> wrote:
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> I'm using 1 BudgeTone 100 IP Phone and a Sipura 2000 for all my old analog
> phones.  The analog phones with the Sipura seem to work great.  Voice
> quality is fine on both ends on the Sipura.  I'm using the Teliax service
> and I use the Ulaw codec for all phones.
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> However, I'm struggling with the BudgeTone 100.  On my end, I find there is
> lot's of voice cut outs.  I'm told my voice is find on the other end, but my
> receiving end gets the cutouts.  I find it rather annoying and tend to
> always use the Sipura phones, which work great.
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> I believe it's a configuration issue on the BudgeTone.  I've followed all
> the examples and notes I could find on the subject on voip-info.com.  
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> Has anyone else had this experience with the BudgeTone?  In general, I like
> the phone, wish it worked better.

Turn OFF Silence Suppression in the Budgetone configuration.

If SS is enabled, the phone stops sending RTP when you are silent.
Asterisk relies on the incoming RTP stream being continuous, using it
to generate the timing for the outgoing RTP.

Cheers
Tony
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