how much bandwidth do I need?

Posts: 243 · Vonage Forum Master Joined: Jan 18, 2004 Posts: 243

So I'm moving to a new house that does not have cable internet access. The only option available is a IDSL 144 connection.... Will this be enough bandwidth to support Vonage and allow simultaneous web browsing?

Posts: 3198 · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:32 pm Post subject:

144kbps up and down? if you put the bandwidth saver at low, maybe medium but that's probably going to be pushing it, it might work ok.

Posts: 243 · Vonage Forum Master Joined: Jan 18, 2004 Posts: 243

yes its a symmetric connection with priority routing over all ADSL traffic.

I really don't want to have to install a T1 if I can get by with this IDSL connection until cable internet makes its way out to my new location.

Posts: 17 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Feb 10, 2005 Posts: 17

Vonage says you need 90kbps up and down for a high-quality call. In my tests, its actually closer to 85.6 kbps up and down Razz

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Are you thinking of having a fax line along with your 1st line at any time (a second voice line would be a different case than a fax)? this would pose the only problem that I can see because the call quality on the first line has to be set to "highest" in order for the Fax line to also be highest (info I got from a Vonage service rep.). There is no independent bandwidth feature setting for the fax line. With two different voice lines, each has its own bandwidth saver feature setting.