bad quality calls

mcirl2

hi,

iv recently moved to the us, wash dc, from ireland and have been trying to get voip working on my apartment wireless connection.

the connection is about 1-2meg, it is wireless throughout the complex which doesnt help.

I think that 1-2meg is enought bwidth for voip. but im a getting a very poor quality line, when i use smart 076, voipstunt, even skype.

Would voip diff software/provider help or is it jsut plain lack of bandwidth.

really appreciate any advice!!

thanks

mike

chalkitdown

As you're on a shared wireless network it could possibly be data collision that is causing your problem not bandwidth.

mcirl2

chalkitdown wrote:

As you're on a shared wireless network it could possibly be data collision that is causing your problem not bandwidth.

yeah that could be it because its a shared connection for the whole floor, maybe 20 users or more. Also i did a QOS check and its really variable , sometimes only 40 %.

I reckon if i had a single connection through my own router it would be much better. Im working on this now.

vewry annoying though. nobody uses voip here - and they think they are technologically advanced!!

thanks

JohnnieM

Whos the ISP...Could be some traffic shaping or throttling involved...

watty

G.729 VOIP is less than 10K/12kbps

Very often the jitter and QOS is too poor rather than the bandwidth, unless you are using G711. Don't use G.711