Packet switching chops data up into little chunks (packets) which can be mixed in with everyone else's packets and sent over a shared network. Instead of the delay which users get with circuit switched data while logging on to the network, they...
If all packets are sent using IP, the shortest points between popular destinations can become bottlenecks making the possibility of providing time-delay sensitive services - such as video or voice - difficult.
Because of this, the ISP has laid out suggested security measures which companies should take. If you think your business may be targeted by 'professional' hackers with expensive equipment and unlimited time to spend in trying to access your...
While the appropriate measures are being taken to protect the Sprint Internet backbone, issues may arise with traffic that is handed off to other carriers, if those carriers have not taken the measures that Sprint has, to protect their networks...
The problems of packet loss, delay and jitter are exacerbated when voice traffic intermingles with packets from other applications. When packets arrive at their destination, they can arrive in any order with significant delay.
Brix Networks, a company that develops monitoring tools for service providers, analysed data it gathered from a free website it created two years ago called TestYourVoip.com, which allows consumers to test the quality of their VoIP services.