VOIP is a lousy technolog

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Scatcatpdx Fur It Up join:2007-06-22 Portland, OR	VOIP is a lousy technolog Perhaps the problem is VOIP is a lousy technology. Packet switching was never design to reliable connections. There is an allowance in TCIP for errors due to dropped packets. if one want reliable phone service one need to stick to POTS.
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Techie714 join:2005-08-02 Anaheim, CA	Totally disagree with that statement. I have been using VOIP service since 2004 as my main line. It has been fantastic & the call quality has been crystal clear. I'm currently with Viatalk and loving it.
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La Luna Survived Ashraful Premium join:2001-07-12 Warwick, NY kudos:3 Reviews: ·Vonage ·Optimum Online	reply to Scatcatpdx said by Scatcatpdx: ....if one want reliable phone service one need to stick to POTS. Not necessarily. See my post above. -- ~~"As long as America is an infidel enemy, terrorizing it is a duty." Sayed Imam Abdul-Aziz el-Sheriff~~
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bmn ? ? ? Premium,ExMod 2003-06 join:2001-03-15 hiatus	reply to Scatcatpdx said by Scatcatpdx: Perhaps the problem is VOIP is a lousy technology. I've been to at least ten different places where that was shown to be untrue... VoIP isn't the problem as much as it is the network that it has to travel through that is. For example, I did work with a company a couple of times that has offices/commercial rentals all over the Central Gulf Coast (LA and MS) with fractional T1s between the various locations and the main office with VoIP running over it and it is rock solid. And with proper QoS settings on your edge router, you can get reliable VoIP performance as well, without the access providers mucking up the packets in transit. -- Prove it... Save the Internet Time (NTP) service, use the pool.
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pabster join:2001-12-09 Waterloo, IA Reviews: ·CenturyLink ·Verizon Wireless.. ·Mediacom	reply to Scatcatpdx said by Scatcatpdx: Perhaps the problem is VOIP is a lousy technology. Packet switching was never design to reliable connections. There is an allowance in TCIP for errors due to dropped packets. if one want reliable phone service one need to stick to POTS. Spoken like a big telco CEO POTS is a thing of the past for a growing number of people. So you (and THEY) better get used to VOIP. I've yet to see a POTS line that could match the call quality of a VOIP provider, price not withstanding. And just FYI, POTS has outages too.
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