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03/31/2006: "Will your Internet Connection support Voice over IP, Vonage."

To cut communications cost, many customers are switching from regular phone services to VOIP. While a high speed internet connection is a requirement for a VOIP line it does not, by itself guarantee a reliable voice quality over the Internet. Before making the switch, test your Internet connection to verify that it is compatible with a VOIP service.

Will your internet connection support Voice Over IP (VOIP)?
So, will you get a good Voice over IP service? You can perform several tests on your computer to find out if your internet connection may work well with VOIP:

Confirm that you have a fast internet connection with 256+ Kbits/sec upload and download speeds.
Verify that you have a nearly lossless line. (Running either ping -n 500 google.com or ping -n 500 vonage.com from command prompt, should result in less than 1% packet loss)
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