Voip + plc

[sirchunk]

Hey everyone.
I've built an office in my back garden, and have power to it. But i thought i would be able to use a wireless VOIP phone e.g. http://www.snom.com/en/products/voip-dect-phones/snom-m3/ but I've been told that they are very flaky and i shouldn't use it if i plan to use the phone for business.
So my question is, as i have a power to the shed, could i use these - http://www.netgear.co.uk/xavb101.php (200mbps) and then use a normal VOIP phone? or should i just get my hands dirty again and dig another trench to wire up a CAT6 cable from my router to my shed?

Thanks in advance.

 

[thiggins]

VoIP doesn't need much bandwidth. I'd try the powerline before digging things up again.

 

[sirchunk]

Would of thought it took lots of bandwidth.
Learnt something new today. Thanks Tim

 

[thiggins]

Would of thought it took lots of bandwidth.
Learnt something new today. Thanks Tim

VoIP can suck up a lot of bandwidth if you have a lot of simultaneous calls. But with one call, you should be well under 1 Mbps.

 

[stevech]

VoIP can suck up a lot of bandwidth if you have a lot of simultaneous calls. But with one call, you should be well under 1 Mbps.

Typical VoIP CODECs today are 32 to 64Kbps each direction, per call, i.e., 128Kbps = 0.128Mbps

VoIP quality is more about latency and dropped packet rate than data speed. You want the one-way latency to not AVERAGE more than about 100mSec (200msec ping). Of course, on the Internet as your WAN to reach the VoIP traffic bearing hosts (not the VoIP provider's SIP server), 95% of the latency is your ISP and the Internet and not your LAN. Again, don't merely test (with ping, tracert or other tool, the link to you and your VoIP provider - as the voice call bearer traffic is processed by their subcontracted service providers whose hosts are elsewhere.

 

[sirchunk]

Thanks stevech,
You defiantly made me aware of something else I didn't think off.

Are there any problems with short wave radio signals? Now don’t shot me if this is crazy talk, but I read a couple of times that it may interfere with them, and as I live 2 doors away from an ambulance station, I don’t think it would be a good idea if it was true.