rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO
1 edit | Vonage works great...
However, I do agree that packet loss is a killer. I came home Friday and I had massive packet loss. Vonage was unusable. I checked my router and decided to reboot my cable modem. When it came back and my router grabbed a new IP the packet loss was gone. I cycled the power on my Cisco-ATA186 and my Vonage service was restored.
Not a big deal for me but it's not as automatic and idiot-proof as it should be. (As easy as pre-heating an oven coems to mind...)
I'd say the real problem with VOIP is that our broadband connections are a "best effort service". Naturally by inference, VOIP is a best effort service.
But the same can be said of cable television. It's certainly not a five 9 reliable (99.999%). On my system, Charter of St. Louis, video on demand still has quirks and every now and then the entire system is goes away. I know some of these outages are local and the result of working on lines but when VOIP is involved, these outages are much more noticeable. |
