videoconferencing, advanced voicemail features,etc.) Sounds
September 3rd, 2010videoconferencing, advanced voicemail features,etc.)
Sounds good, but here’s the rub…it’s also been estimated that up to 85% of corporate networks are simply not ready to handle VoIP.
Combining voice with data is a tricky proposition. After decades of getting used to near-perfect sound quality delivered over traditional voice networks, even the slightest delays in voip can be very annoying.
Before diving in to a full-blown VoIP solution, it is advisable that you conduct a voice over IP readiness assessment of your existing network. This assessment will provide you with two very important pieces of information:
The capability of your existing data network to deliver high-quality voip calls, and;
the ability to evaluate the quality of these calls during a wide variety of traffic scenarios. Keep in mind that most data networks were not designed for VoIP, so chances are that some upgrading of your existing network will be necessary. One critical requirement for VoIP to work is QoS.
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