Bandwidth Question

[gregorygso]

Thanks for the comments. And now my responses:

Fisamo: Yes, my download is 500KB phone call or no phone call. Unfortunatelay, none of my equipment has any "user settings" for QoS. The router manual says it "automatically adjusts QoS for maximum quality"... sounds redundant to me! I may move my network around just to see what happens. Seems like when I first got CV, I called them up and had them make an adjustment on the bandwidth for this same reason, but that was years ago.

Kbuck320: I agree that in the big scheme of things, this isn't noticable very often, as I currently only move large audio files on Sunday afternoon when I upload material to the church's websever. I noticed it a couple weeks ago when I was on a long call, and trying to upload files at the same time. What normally took 15 minutes took over an hour. And to be understanding to VOIPo, I would carve out as big a chuck as I could to get my voice quality up, and I'll admit there are no complains about the current voice quality whatsoever. I was just curious if there was a "lower" setting in ATA they provided so I could use my bandwidth a little more efficently. I have a project down the road where I hope to serve two-way radio audio, and was thinking ahead.

Unrelated, and maybe not, I've had to reset my Linksys 31P2 twice recently (Thursday afternoon and again this morning) due to no internet access. The Phone 1 & 2 lights are dark, but everything else "looks" OK. I pulled out my wireless LAN card, got on my control panel, and when checking devices, it says "I have no devices registered!" Recycling the power on the 31P2 resolved my problem both times. I intend to put in a trouble ticket on this later today. I imagine I'll be talking to someone about my reset issue, and I'll ask them about my bandwidth question also.

Thanks, Richard.

[VOIPoJustin]

We use the G.711 codec, which for VoIP will give the best overall quality.

Since it uses no compression and is essentially the same codec used by the PSTN network and ISDN lines, it sounds just like using a regular or ISDN phone. It also has the lowest latency (lag) because there is no need for compression.

From a bandwidth perspective, it can use up to 84kbps (when you factor in all TCP/IP overhead).

[gregorygso]

Thanks for all the replies. When I called support to inquire about my lockup issues (which were quickly handled), I also got the info I needed to deal with my bandwidth situtation. For those that are curious, the Linksys RT31P2 ships with a default voice bandwidth setting of 256KB. I'm currently experimenting with a setting that works best for my requirements.

Richard.