On 4 Mar 2007 04:25:16 -0800, [email]chrisips2@gmail.com[/email] wrote:
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>Hi
>
>I use Voipfone and FWD mainly for my voice calls. If I call someone
>in the UK (I live in the UK) using Voipfone all is well. If I use fwd
>to call someone in the UK there is a very slight delay. This can be
>demonstrated using a UK echo test with both Voipfone and FWD.
>
>My question is, why should there be a sound delay using a US service.
>I understood that whilst the call set-up is in the US the actual call
>is peer-to-peer?
>
>Feel free to get as technical as you like!
>
>Thanks.
>
>Chris[/color]
No matter how it is routed the longer the link the more delay you get.
Check out [url]www.speedtest.net[/url] to find out the delay to various servers
thoughout the world. There you can check out the latency. Just drag
the map to get to places currently off screen.

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