Cable VoIP Sounds Better Than Some Landlines

A. G. Bell writes "A recent study that looked at the quality of phone calls came up with some surprising results. Ars Technica reports that while 'traditional' VoIP call quality lagged behind landlines, service from cable ISPs was much better because of their use of PacketCable: 'VoIP from the cable companies actually surpassed the traditional phone network in reliability, meaning that the service was more often available and connected calls without dropping them. Cable providers also led the way in audio quality; the top firm in Keynote's study actually turned in an MOS of 4.24, above most real phone networks.'"

Comments

Not Surprising

[Dan Guisinger]

Comcast drops their fiber so deep into neighborhoods around here its almost fiber to the home. On top of that, the cable around here is all burried so it avoids storm related outages, and lets not forget the biggest factor: voice is digital all the way to the home, the voice quality of course is going to be clear. There isn't a single run of analog signalling between the user and the cable company, thats why its so clear and such a predictable result.

Nothing to see here :) Move along