I believe it can be done correctly, and would be interested in your experiences as well, I was only trying to relay a poor experience I had, and the idea that VOIP might make some otherwise unnoticeable networking issues visible.
John Mike Hammett wrote: > As a WISP and VoIP operator myself I agree that those things cause issues, > but not all WISPs are operated in that fashion. What percentage, I cannot > say, but my network has less than 0.1% packet loss and end-end latency is > almost always less than 10 ms, but usually less than 5 ms. > > > ---------- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nitzan Kon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk > Discussion" <asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 10:33 AM > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Starting a VOIP Business > > >> I was thinking the exact same thing. My experience (as a user) with >> WISPs has been basically lost packets, intermittent service issues, >> etc. VoIP is fragile as it is, so there is no way you could deliver >> VoIP reliably with these issues... >> >> If you DON'T have lost packet issues (rare for a WISP I think), your >> latency is very low, and basically you have "the perfect connection" >> for a WISP - you MIGHT be fine. >> >> Don't go buying a bunch of equipment before you test it though... >> >> -- Nitzan >> >> --- John Mason Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Just a word of advise make sure the network is ready for the voip >>> traffic, at my ofice we had a very poor experience with a WISP with >>> VOIP >>> because the network was not ready & well managed >>> >>> John >> >> _______________________________________________ >> --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- >> >> asterisk-biz mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz >> > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz