[109222] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: hosted PBX/VOIP thru VPN?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frank Yocum)
Wed Nov 12 08:34:29 2008
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:33:57 -0500
From: "Frank Yocum" <fyocum@gmail.com>
To: "Lorell Hathcock" <lorell@hathcock.org>
In-Reply-To: <041301c9446c$c6a33030$53e99090$@org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Lorell,
It has been my experience that the VPN traffic will not be prioritize
through the Internet. Why don't you suggest a test site for a comparison.
Frank
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 9:17 PM, Lorell Hathcock <lorell@hathcock.org>wrote:
> All:
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> My customer wants to try to improve performance to his ATAs by creating a
> VPN from his network to the VOIP provider's network through the internet.
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> I have to admit, the idea caught me flat footed. At the outset, it seems
> like we would want to do it just to improve security for end users.
> However,
> my customer wants it because he thinks it will improve performance (i.e.
> voice quality). We are suffering from poor VOIP quality due to the Sprint
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> Cogent depeering and subsequent squirming by our vendors.
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> The only reason I can think that VOIP thru a VPN would help is that
> *perhaps* routers in the middle on ASNs I have no control over *may*
> prioritize VPN traffic higher than regular traffic. They opposite could
> also be true.
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> Specifically the ASNs in the middle are Level 3, Sprint and Time Warner.
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> Thoughts? Should I try to dissuade him from this if performance is his
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> motivator?
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> Thanks!
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> Sincerely,
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> Lorell Hathcock
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