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overhead in the form of multiple headers rather than one header. This
additional traffic can overtax routers and result in routers doing what they are
programmed to do under an overload condition — drop packets. Thus, it is
entirely possible that the medicine in the form of packet subdivision could
kill the patient. Despite the previously mentioned problems, Voice-over-IP is
a viable emerging technology. To understand why organizations are excited
about the use of this technology, one can explore two networking configu-
rations suitable for consideration on the Internet or an intranet, assuming end-
to-end latency can be obtained ...