[Asterisk-Users] InfoWeek Article on VOIP

[Michael D Schelin]

I agree with you but not 100% with them. An IP to Ip call on an ATA flat 
out is better . Now don't even get me started about cellular. My Service 
dosen't drop calls in the middle of conversations. VoIP is a notch 
better than Cellular.


Michael Graves wrote:

>Here's t
>link:
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>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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