-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sean Watkins wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry for the off topic post - but does anyone on this list, know of a local > calgary based VoIP provider? I have found several providers but they all > seem to be based in Vancouver or Toronto/Montreal - and the lag time across > the country to make a local call drives me nuts. > I have found that my ISP is usually the culprit when it comes to VOIP. The second most common villain is usually congestion at the gateway. Common causes are bit torrent, downloads that consume all inbound bandwidth, virii/malware, bad or inadequate hardware (ie. a cheap or an old router unable to cope with the traffic thrown at it), to name a few. I would recommend getting a handle on your network and ISP first.
Some tools to help you: iperf, hping, mtr, netcat, iftop, iptraf. Personally I have used providers from Montreal and various places in the US without issue. Also, it should be noted that having a gateway in Calgary may not get you what you want. One of my connections is a Rogers portable Internet and when I connect to my computer at home (cable modem from Shaw), the packets actually travel all the way to Ontario and back again even though I am physically in Calgary. Hth, -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkrJLPIACgkQwRXgH3rKGfOfcgCdHjvS4+QcxQ+/nJZDehPMPByI ouQAnRXiVwGpRR51kEe0QO2VOrYnbTvv =rHgA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
