A straightforward approach to troubleshooting VoIP that can be applied to video as well. VoIP is particularly sensitive to packet loss, and determining the cause of the packet loss can be difficult.

Here at Spring 2005 VON, I've been meeting with a lot of testing companies that help enterprises build and run their VoIP networks. To a person, they maintain that latency and dropped packets are two ...

LOS ANGELES—This is the second installment of a contribution from Jim DeFilippis on SDI versus IP. For Part 1, see “Which Switch is Which?” The second tale-of-the-tape issue is delay or latency. There ...

Vendors would have you believe you need to spend thousands of dollars on protocol analyzer software to troubleshoot Voice over IP (VoIP) networks. After all, voice quality suffers if packets are late, ...

How VoIP packet loss can affect call quality Think customers who may not able to hear their customer service advisor for tech support help, teams unable to interact collaboratively in meetings, and ...

Happiness is expectations minus reality. So, what should one expect when testing VoIP on a software-define WAN solution? The expectation in the branch is to get even better performance and security ...

MyNetFone has confirmed it will prioritise voice-over IP packets on its Naked DSL service to be launched at CeBIT in May. The VoIP provider's technical director, Rene Sugo, told iTnews that while the ...

As 2005 continues to see voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) proliferate in the communications industry, more and more companies are finding profitable opportunities in niche areas of the network. One ...