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Minimizing Jitter for VoIP calls

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This makes for significant cost reductions and feature-packed services that don't require expensive hardware equipment. Jitter happens when the RTP packet stream traverses the network (LAN, WAN, or Internet) because it has to share network capacity with other data. Hardware capacity on source/destination. Network capacity.

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What Is: Jitter

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Jitter happens when the RTP packet stream traverses the network (LAN, WAN, or Internet) because it has to share network capacity with other data. A cousin to latency, jitter refers to packet delay variation carrying voice or video data over a communications channel.

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Do your VoIP services have a case of the 'jitters'?

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Jitter happens when the RTP packet stream traverses the network (LAN, WAN, or Internet) because it has to share network capacity with other data. Hardware address information (e.g., The cause of Jitter can be pinpointed to a number of reasons, some of which are: Misbehaving hardware. Hardware capacity on source/destination.

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What Is: Jitter

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Jitter happens when the RTP packet stream traverses the network (LAN, WAN, or Internet) because it has to share network capacity with other data. Other notable causes: Misbehaving hardware. Hardware capacity on source/destination. Network capacity. How to reduce Jitter.

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