Thread: VOIP bandwidth
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Old 16-04-2008, 11:50
Gordon Henderson
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Default Re: VOIP bandwidth

In article <fV45K0OBJxbE-pn2-zFnMqMmpUnuO@localhost>,
Dave Saville <dave@nospam.deezee.org> wrote:[color=blue]
>My ISP provides statistics for my line and IP addresses (I have 8
>"real" addresses) as I have my SIP box on a dedicated IP I can see the
>usage. It does however appear to be asymetric with the "download"
>being very much less than the "upload" 2 or 3 to 1. Is this normal or
>does SWMBO talk more than she listens? :-)[/color]

It could be the case if the service you're connecting to supports
silence suppression. Does the actual number make sense - eg. on a 5+
minute call do you see it peaking at 80Kb/sec for example?

Gordon
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