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Re: [LUG] VoIP and ISP

 

On Tue, December 23, 2008 12:42, Henry Bremridge wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 12:27:43PM +0000, Tom Potts wrote:
>> Have you any idea what they mean by this and what causes it?
>> I've used £3.99 head sets and they provide sound quality far exceeding
>> a
>> normal phone.

Howabout over the quality of sound on a VoIP hard phone..

> Damned if I know... :) I have been very happy with Vonage: once I
> increased the quality from medium to high. Which is one reason why I am
> looking at moving over to VoIP. However she is not: I think the problem is
> talking to mobiles.

Any idea what codecs are in use by Vonage ?

> I have pointed out that mobiles normally have worse reception but when she
> dials the same number over a landline then all is well.
>
> So this Christmas I am going to see what I can do to improve voice (and
> cut my telephone bill..)
>

1. Buy a hard VoIP phone
2. Find a spare PC
3. Install PFSense on spare pc
4. Setup the QoS on the PFSense box
5. Setup hard phone on a proper provider
6. Sit back and enjoy the VoIPy goodness..


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