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" <[email protected]> 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
