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Re: [LUG] ADSL modem/router woes

 

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:29:18AM +0100, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> 
> However, for incoming data, there is nothing you can do about it as
> the data has already been clocked over the wire into the device.
> Download data packets are 1500 bytes long, VoIP data packets are 160
> bytes long and need to come in at 50 packets per second. Do a bit of
> math and you'll run out of time when downloading a big file and
> taking a VoIP stream at the same time, although jitter buffers can
> help here. 

Hence presumably your recommendation: dedicate separate broadband to VoIP for 
business

> Incoming data is generally not an issue in this country
> as it's usually much faster than outgoing, so it's only outgoing
> data you need to wory about. VoIP will suffer when you do a bit
> upload, send large emails, etc. unless you can control it in the
> router.
> 


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