rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO
| reply to gh4456
Re: Why does this matter.
It's senseless to argue with those that base their opinion of technology on one provider's implementation of said technology. In other words, because VOIP is not 99.999% reliable from Vonage or Packet8 does not mean VOIP is not a reliable technology and ready for anyone, regardless of their technical prowess.
VOIP technology is an EXTREMELY reliable technology and has been in use by businesses for years on their private backbones. I would guess that if implemented by the last-mile provider, VOIP would be as reliable as that last-mile network. If an ILEC implemented VOIP on the same pair of copper as POTS, VOIP would be just as reliable as POTS depending on the power source of the VOIP ATA on the customer's premises. If powered from the CO, no problem. If powered by the customer's local electrical utility, then it's subject to the power company's reliability. But this has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RELIABILITY OF VOIP.
It's all in the implementation. |
