[nzlug] IPCop & better traffic shaping

[Steve Holdoway]

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:54:30 +1200
Vik Olliver <vik at catalyst.net.nz> wrote:

> On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 12:29 +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote:
> > Depending on the encoding used for your voip calls, you're probably
> > only using ~100kpbs, and unless you're in the habit of downloading at
> > 100% of your available bandwidth, you probably don't need to reserve
> > bandwidth.
> 
> I've found that download activity tends to be bursty and although you
> may not be using 100% bandwidth all the time a background download or
> rdesktop session will cause awful VoIP quality. Mind you I'm lucky to
> get more than 700kbps out of my line.
> 
> Vik :v)
> 
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I think you'll find that the upload bandwidth is the limiting factor, rather than download. Since I migrated to the best that ihug can offer to increase this, my (IAX2) VoIP connection to the UK has been faultless.

Steve.
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Steve Holdoway <steve at greengecko.co.nz>