VoIP calls OK after all

A few months back, you may remember, Brix Networks set off lots of chatter in VoIP circles with a finding that voice quality on VoIP was unacceptably bad and getting worse. Minacom has now put another log on the fire with a report that says not only that the quality of VoIP calls is good, but that it's better than calls carried on the PSTN. Far from the 1 out of 5 bad calls cited by Brix, Minacom says the figure is more like 1 out of 50 in North America and 1 out of 10 worldwide. The difference may well be in what the two companies are measuring: Minacom measured QoS on telco, cableco and broadband networks. It says Brix's measurements were made on computer-to-computer VoIP networks.

For more information about Minacom's survey:
- read this article on TMCNet