[Asterisk-Users] MOS Scores and LCR

[Rich Adamson]

>> They exist, but current ones cost a fortune. Used with understanding 
>> they do a fine job. Sadly people who don't understand them tend to read 
>> far to much into the answers they give. Sometimes they are seriously out 
>> of line with perceived quality, but they usually do well.
>>
> Yeah I wasnt clear I meant something that is either open sourced or
> priced reasonable.

I've used the NetIQ stuff (on a weekly rental basis) and its pretty good
when used as a comparison tool. By that I mean making a simulation run,
adjusting parameters, and making another simulation run.

>>> I do not mean to trivialize network management and do understand that
>>> sometimes problems are outside your control (ie packets on the
>>> uncontrolled internet may experience problems because of a tertiary
>>> provider between you and the remote end) and as such this is just one
>>> peice of the puzzle as I see it.
>>>  
>>>
>> For those reasons may think VoIP will always suck. They might well be right.
> 
> Anyone that would say VoIP sucks becuase of that I would have to
> question a bit, simply becuase VoIP doesnt mean voice over the open
> internet, although to listen to marketing types that is often what they
> want to claim.  

FWIW, all of the major US carriers have some sort of VoIP backbone in 
production use, but its isolated from the Internet. Sprint, as one 
example, has been using it in their long distance backbone facilities 
for years, which is now migrating to handle the NexTel traffic.