Not necessarily - Speakeasy now offers "naked" DSL for a $10 or so premium. Might want to check that out.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matthew Boehm Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 10:39 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] QoS Router/Software Suggestions Switching to DSL would require me to get a phone line, which kinda defeats the purpose of doing VoIP. =) Matthew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Wilkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 10:18 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] QoS Router/Software Suggestions > For what it's worth, I just shutdown my PC based gateway last week and > replaced it with an Efficient Networks 5861 ADSL router. The 5861 is > billed as a Business Class DSL Router. It comes with Stateful > Firewall, DHCP, NAT, VPN, and QoS (WFQ), among other things. I have > not setup the QoS yet, but then I've been able to carry on VoIP > conversations without issue, even on a well utilized line. > > The idea was to find a suitable replacement with the PC-based gateway > crashing on a semi-regular basis. Instead of getting another PC, I > just replaced the whole thing. There are obviously some trade-offs but > for my situation, it works well. > > You said you use RoadRunner so this router wont work for you, but > perhaps you have been entertaining a switch to DSL. I use SpeakEasy > and have had very few problems with them. > > If you, or someone else reading this, decide to go the 5861 route get > version 6.1.001 firmware. The older firmware isn't that great. You > can find the 5861 on eBay for cheap. I bought mine for $13.01. Info > on the 5861 can be found somewhere on http://www.efficient.com and the > firmware can be found by searching for it on Google. > > Ryan Wilkins > > On Oct 12, 2004, at 11:00 AM, Matthew Boehm wrote: > > > I've got a Linksys BEFSR41 at home with RoadRunner service. I'm pretty > > sure > > it doesn't do QoS. I'm using WinXP Pro and not sure if it does QoS. I'm > > using SJ Phone and...(follow the pattern). > > > > I have to stop all network traffic on my machine if I want to have any > > hopes > > of making a clear call. But I shouldn't need to do that, right? Because > > somewhere the data packets should be getting queued and my voice > > packets > > should be having top priority right? > > > > How can I ensure this? > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
