How good is VoIP? Is it better than standard telephone service? This is
object of a new study, to find out if it's better.
Keynote Systems (who measures Internet and mobile transmissions) studied 12 telecom providers of VoIP services to see if the call quality was better than standard lines. The companies:
AT&T,
Comcast,
Lingo,
Packet8,
Skype,
SunRocket,
TimeWarner Cable,
TrueVoice,
Verizon,
Vonage,
Vonics and
Windows Live Messenger were studied in the New York and San Francisco markets. Keynote claimed that the call quality was better than a standard phone, but the audio delay on the line in a VoIP system needs to be addressed. Considered by most to be in its infancy, this is good to hear that the call quality is getting there. Delay and some other factors need to be dealt with, but VoIP is well on its way to replacing traditional phone service in my mind.
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Subscribe to commentsMattSep 25th 2006 5:00AM
The only thing that makes me hesitate when it comes to VOIP is when the power goes out and your cell phones dead? No standard phone to use that doesnt require power.
Wildcat0695Sep 25th 2006 10:28AM
Re: Matt
You can get a charger for the car for that cell phone in cse of such emergencies. I thought about the same thing when I signed up for my family's VOIP service. However, I tend to keep my cell fully charged and if I really needed to I can get a car charger. Problem solved.
MichaelSep 28th 2006 7:54AM
I don't know about you but I have a UPS for my computer and modem, so when I got Vonage I just plugged the device into the UPS also, problem solved, my Internet stayes up and so does my phone when the power goes out. The price of a good UPS is offset by how much cheaper Vonage is over traditional phone service. As for quality, I have only had Vonage a few weeks but so far so good, compared to Optimum Voice which I had at my last house and traditional phone service, which we have all had at one point, it sounds great, no complaints here.
DavidOct 6th 2006 1:40AM
Hope the problem charging VOIP get solved.Remaining features seems to be better when compared to others. Momax covers a wide range of mobile phones .