[oclug] Alternatives to IStop?

[Brad Barnett]

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 11:36:25 -0400
Zac Sprackett <zsprackett-oclug at sprackett.com> wrote:

> * Brad Barnett wrote:
> > I tend to agree, hence my "approaching" statement.  However, I think
> > ADSL will improve in terms of reliability over the next year or two. 
> > Top notch providers are already quite good.
> 
> Regardless of improved reliability... What does the A in ADSL stand for.
> Last time I checked voice communication was pretty much synchronous[1].
> 
> [1] - Yes I understand not always so when silence suppresion is used and
> people are only talking one at a time walkey talkey style.
> 

This really isn't an issue, if you aren't maxing out your upstream whilst
communicating.  You can obviously manage what upstream traffic gets
priority.

80k/sec is plenty for a single SIP.. even for two.. or more!  Depends upon
the compression and codec used, obviously.  8k codecs are all many
cell phones employ.  Heck, I've even seen someone using VOiP over GPRS on
an IPAQ. GRPS speed seems to fluctuate more than the dollar, so I was
impressed.