This is why I don't do this kind of work anymore. Impossible to distinguish the phantom problems from the real ones - and I'm convinced there ARE phantom problems when you install new telephones on people's desks.

Suggestion: learn to use the facility in Wireshark that can log a SIP/RTP stream and report actual latency and packet delivery stats. That will give you some solid info on at least one aspect of call quality.
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:03:07 -1000
From: "Ben Schorr" <b...@rolandschorr.com>
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Can't get G.729 to work...
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Yes, the routers are another issue we're dealing with.  We've configured
them to prioritize traffic to/from our Asterisk server but I'm not
convinced that setting is really working as expected.  So we're working
with the vendor on that.

The effective bandwidth is 6Mb/sec down x 1.4Mb/sec up (so basically
1.4x1.4 on the VPN).  For 8 users, where rarely more than 2-3 of them
are on the phone at any given time, that should be sufficient I think.

They DO have to share the connection with their web browsing and e-mail
and such but as best we've been able to tell they aren't saturating
their connections - usually not more than 4-5 of the 8 are using their
computers at any given time and most of them just do e-mail and local
apps that shouldn't touch the Internet connection.

Frankly I'm puzzled that they have these issues and the problems rarely
seem to happen when I call them.  I'll go to their site and make a few
calls from one of their phones and it sounds perfect to me.  But three
days later all I hear is how frustrated they are because these new VOIP
phones suck and they can "never" hear anybody and...  <sigh>

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