6 Things the Media Hasn’t Told You About VoIP
Voice Over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, is popular in the world of tech and communications. It’s perhaps less thrilling to the general public. If you haven’t heard much about VoIP, that’s not because it’s not worth talking about. VoIP is well worth the conversation, especially when you are trying to find ways to streamline your … Read more
VoIP over Cable or DSL?
Using DSL or cable to carry VoIP traffic without bandwidth guarantees is a gamble. While Internet access over Cable and DSL are far from the best connectivity options for most companies they have their niche market. Most very small businesses and home office users that either manage bandwidth well or have very low bandwidth requirements can use these Internet access services and save on expensive fiber-optic connections. The other option is to use separate dedicated cable and/or ADSL connections for VoIP and data traffic. In most cases the savings and price-performance of two connections would not add up to the cost of a single dedicated T-1 circuit,. not to mention Fiber link.
VoIP Bandwidth: Quality vs. Quantity
Telecommunications infrastructure growth always lags behind the demand for new telecommunications services. Many exciting data transport options such as fiber optics are making their way into SMB market. The cost of their build-out however is mostly shouldered by the medium and large business community with many paying heavy startup fees for the facilities build-out. Fiber deployment is costly and it is presently limited to densely populated parts of metropolitan areas. Logic and experience suggest that for the next few years leased lines are going to continue to remain in play for many companies.