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problem appears on direct cable connect. low overhead makes sense...tx<br />

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problem appears on direct cable connect. low overhead makes sense...tx


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juststeve: <br />
Glad I could help. &nbsp;Hope that you get it sorted soon.<br />

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juststeve:
Glad I could help.  Hope that you get it sorted soon.


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I'm using Vonage with a Linksys Wireless-G and am trying to troubleshoot less than great dsl speeds. Is there bandwidth overhead consumed even when i'm not on the phone?
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I'm using Vonage with a Linksys Wireless-G and am trying to troubleshoot less than great dsl speeds. Is there bandwidth overhead consumed even when i'm not on the phone?

Does VoIP consume bandwidth when not connected?

Voice over IP (VoIP) is a methodology and group of technologies for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. Other terms commonly associated with VoIP are IP telephony, Internet telephony, broadband telephony, and broadband phone service. The term specifically refers to the provisioning of communications services (voice, fax, SMS, voice-messaging) over the public Internet, rather than via the public switched telephone network (PSTN).  Examples of the VoIP protocols are H.323, Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), H.248 (also known as Media Gateway Control (Megaco)), Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP), Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP), Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP), Session Description Protocol (SDP), and Inter-Asterisk eXchange (IAX).