[asterisk-users] Semi-OT Satellite?

[Femi]

I've used VOIP over satellite for years and while it's not perfect it is
sometimes actually better than cellular voice

Unless you have a double hop scenario where the traffic makes two satellite
hops from one remote to a central hub and then to another satellite remote
the latency is actually not noticeable

Satellite usually has a latency of 250 - 300 ms and in most cases this does
not have a noticeable effect on the conversation

 

Femi

 

 

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From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Tom Moore
Sent: 23 August 2008 15:50
To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Semi-OT Satellite?

 

Hi, using Asterisk over satellite can be done. Not all satellite providers
are created equal and some are better than others.

If you are going to do communications between offices that are connected
over satellite office to office you may have a problem.

My personal choice for satellite connections is the Idirect platform.

 

Tom

 

 

From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ken Williams
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 9:44 AM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: [asterisk-users] Semi-OT Satellite?

We're entertaining moving our intranet to Hughes satelite for our remote
locations.  I'm curious if anyone with Asterisk servers has used satellite,
and if so, is the latency an issue.  My understanding is that you
immediately introduce 250ms latency for travel time up and back down,
however it is a much more direct connection then offered by traditional land
lines.

Perhaps someone has some other suggestions?  We've started looking into
Global Crossing as an alternative to have more control and reliability
between all of our remote facilities, maybe this is a better alternative.
Our biggest problem is most of our sites are in smaller cities where your
bigger connections are more limited.

Looking for any suggestions.

Thanks,
Ken

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