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Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors
From: Adi Linden <adil () adis on ca>
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 13:10:42 -0600
On Sat, 26 Mar 2005, Eric Gauthier wrote:
Hrm... Isn't a VoIP call realtively low bandwidth? I haven't studied this, but Vonage's site seems to imply that the maximum data rate is 90Kbps (http://www.vonage.com/help_knowledgeBase_article.php?article=190). I typically see speeds greater than this from my web browser... Are they saying that anything that might consume over 100Kbps isn't going to be allowed?
90kbps may be low bandwidth but the packets per second are a killer for some equipment. VoIP typically has small packets, 80 bytes or 160 bytes, whereas your webbrowser has most packets close to the max MTU, usually 1500 byte packets. There is quite a bit of wireless gear that buckles under the stress of very few VoIP streams. Those few streams add up to much less then the theoretical advertised throughput. Adi
Current thread:
- Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors Fergie (Paul Ferguson) (Mar 25)
- Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors Eric Gauthier (Mar 26)
- Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors Adi Linden (Mar 26)
- Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors Mikael Abrahamsson (Mar 26)
- Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors Paul G (Mar 26)
- Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors Adi Linden (Mar 26)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors Robert Bonomi (Mar 26)
- Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors Chip Mefford (Mar 28)
- RE: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors Hannigan, Martin (Mar 26)
- Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors Robert Bonomi (Mar 28)
- RE: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors Howard, W. Lee (Mar 30)
- Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors Paul Vixie (Mar 30)
- Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors Stephen J. Wilcox (Mar 30)
- Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors Jared Mauch (Mar 30)
- Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors Paul Vixie (Mar 30)
(Thread continues...)
- Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors Eric Gauthier (Mar 26)