June 2005
Intermediate to advanced
502 pages
21h 48m
English
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Chapter 8: VoIP Readiness
Assessing VoIP Readiness
Now that interoperable soft and hard IP phones and ATA devices exist and best
practices for ensuring quality on the TCP/IP network have been established, the path
to VoIP is paved with confidence. Thanks to voice-over-data pioneer Cisco Systems,
the industry has gotten the proof it needed that Ethernet can indeed be used for
enterprise voice traffic. The true appeals of VoIP aren’t just a novelty, but rather real,
solid propositions of dollars and cents. And the justification for any infrastructural
change of VoIP’s magnitude always boils down to dollars and cents.
Just as it took VoIP a few years to be ready for business, it may take a while for busi-
nesses to be ready for VoIP. Your business environment, network, and implementa-
tion plan must be up to par if VoIP is to succeed in your organization.
VoIP readiness can be heightened or lowered by these factors:
Business environment
Is the business culturally ready for VoIP? Are its applications or cost models
seeking benefits from VoIP? To what extent can VoIP really help the business—
an IP-based trunk here and there or a full, end-to-end replacement network?
Network environment
Is the network ready and able to deliver toll-quality voice services? What are the
cost and timeline
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