{"id":2328,"date":"2016-04-21T12:05:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T12:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skyswitch.com\/?p=2328"},"modified":"2023-10-11T12:32:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T17:32:07","slug":"voip-bandwidth-sufficient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skyswitch.com\/blog\/voip-bandwidth-sufficient\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you make sure VoIP bandwidth is sufficient?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skyswitch.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/voip-qos.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"109\" height=\"109\" src=\"https:\/\/skyswitch.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/voip-qos.jpeg\" alt=\"voip qos\" class=\"wp-image-2330\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Hosted PBX realm, managing VoIP Quality of Service (QoS) ultimately comes down to allocating sufficient bandwidth to VoIP packets at&nbsp;the customer&#8217;s router.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/searchunifiedcommunications.techtarget.com\/answer\/How-do-you-make-sure-VoIP-bandwidth-is-sufficient\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a> is an informative article that covers&nbsp;the various methods that organizations can use to ensure &nbsp;that VoIP quality of service meets the&nbsp;customer&#8217;s&#8217; needs. &nbsp;It states that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most common approach to support VoIP bandwidth is to apply a mix of <a href=\"https:\/\/searchnetworking.techtarget.com\/definition\/virtual-LAN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">virtual local area networks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/searchunifiedcommunications.techtarget.com\/definition\/QoS-Quality-of-Service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quality of service (QoS)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/searchunifiedcommunications.techtarget.com\/tip\/IP-telephony-QoS-VoIP-traffic-management-and-prioritization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">traffic prioritization<\/a> across the network to ensure voice traffic is always segregated or given the highest priority between endpoints and call-control platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The article also includes a link to another article &#8211; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/searchunifiedcommunications.techtarget.com\/tip\/DiffServ-QoS-model-works-wonders-for-VoIP-networks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>DiffServ QoS model works wonders for VoIP networks<\/em><\/a> &#8211; which explains that the three main models used for implementing QoS within a network infrastructure: Best-Effort, Integrated Services (IntServ) and Differentiated Services (<a href=\"https:\/\/whatis.techtarget.com\/definition\/Differentiated-Services-DiffServ-or-DS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DiffServ<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At SkySwitch, we recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyswitch.com\/simplewan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SimpleWan quality of service routers<\/a> to perform the important function of traffic prioritization. &nbsp;You can learn more about the factors that affect VoIP QoS by &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyswitch.com\/simplewan-landing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">downloading our informative whitepaper<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyswitch.com\/simplewan-landing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hosted PBX without the Headaches: &nbsp;Quality of Service<\/a> &#8211;&nbsp; on this topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Hosted PBX realm, managing VoIP Quality of Service (QoS) ultimately comes down to allocating sufficient bandwidth to VoIP packets at&nbsp;the customer&#8217;s router. 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