The VoIP Deployment Challenge
Before you know how much a VoIP deployment will cost and how successful it will be, you need to understand if your data network can carry
Consider the facts: “85% of today’s
Your data network was originally designed to support emails,
file transfers and deliver Web pages, not carry high quality voice transmissions. Voice traffic is very time sensitive and can’t be queued like email or Web traffic. Delays up to a half hour for an email or file transfer are generally not a problem, but delays of only a few hundred milliseconds can ruin a VoIP call, producing choppy conversations or dropped calls.
To ensure your VoIP deployment is successful and on budget, you need to find answers to these important questions before deploy- ing VoIP:
What type of VoIP MOS (Mean Opinion Score) call quality can I expect from my current data network for each business site?
Is network delay, loss or jitter the main problem impacting VoIP call quality, and how do I fix it?
How many concurrent VoIP calls can my network carry without impacting existing data services?
Knowing this information before deploying VoIP will ensure your success, but what is the most accurate and cost effective method to obtain it?
The VoIP Deployment Solution
VOIP Network
Assessments
The assessment quickly diagnoses the majority of your network issues so that by the time you begin your VoIP deployment, you have a converged network that will carry
Organizations that skip this important deployment step experience poor call quality, dissatisfied users, upgrade cost overruns and delayed deployments.
Compare in Figure 1 the typical outcome of VoIP deployments that include a VoIP Assessment vs. ones that skip this important step:
Figure 1 VoIP Deployment Comparison
The fastest and most cost effective way to determine your network’s VoIP readiness is to conduct a Toshiba VoIP Network Assessment.
