Voice-over-IP
Regardless of a VoIP network's specific design, organizations should follow standard guidelines appropriate for an overall VoIP network model. Your VoIP vendor choice will influence your deployment and maintenance processes, however our experience has shown that the selection of the VoIP equipment is not the only factor to consider when adopting this technology.
In fact, there are several considerations that should be fully understood before moving forward.
- Can your current network handle the additional capacity?
- Can your current network prioritize VoIP traffic to ensure that is routed prior to any other information?
- Can you compress your packets?
- Is your network resilient and redundant?
- Do you have the resources to effectively monitor the VoIP enviroment?
Your overall design and implementation process will greatly affect the success of your migration to VoIP. DVA can help identify the VoIP model that best fits your organization, and the specific design requirements. Our technicians can even inject VoIP traffic on your existing network to monitor performance and report on expected operation and call quality.
As VoIP traffic will likely become the most important information on your network, DVA recommends investing time and effort up front to minimize issues and performance problems later.
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