[Asterisk-Users] call "load balancing"

[Jean-Michel Hiver]

Joseph wrote:

>On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 08:10 +0400, Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:
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>>I do up to 10 g.729 channels over 1024 / 256 DSL without noticeable 
>>difference in call statistics (i.e. avg length of calls). If you are 
>>using ADSL, the maximum bandwith you'll be able to use is your upload 
>>rate since VoIP calls send data bidirectionally.
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>>Of course if you're using g.711 it's a different kettle of fish since
>>it 
>>takes 80kbps (g.729 only uses about 24).
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>According to Wiki:
>G729 is 8Kbps
>G711 is 64Kbps
>http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Codecs
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Those are theoretical, and don't take into account RTP IP + UDP packet 
overhead.