[*] codecs within asterisk

Bill Reid billreid at shaw.ca
Fri Oct 10 21:46:44 CDT 2008


Travis Harper wrote:
> It really depends on your setup.
> How much bandwith do you have, and how many accounts on your server, or 
> how many users.
> Ulaw give near telco quality, but uses more bandwidth.
> I use it with 3mb down and 40k up, with about 25 accounts.
> Works ok for me...as long as all accounts are not placing calls at the 
> same time.

Hi Travis,

Something does not compute. Ulaw(G711) needs about 88Kbps. Do you mean 
40kBps(i.e. bytes not bits)?  320Kbps up. I realize that you did not actual say 
whether it was bits or bytes but I assume you were quoting 3m bits per sec down.


-- Bill


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