August 1999
Intermediate to advanced
328 pages
8h 50m
English
The Mier and Cox studies demonstrate that VoIP is quite feasible in private networks with leased lines, but marginal in the public Internet. It is a good idea to remember that packet voice is in its infancy, and the test results from Mier's labs are impressive. It is reasonable to expect that the Internet will also deliver toll-quality speech—in a few years.