[Wylug-discuss] Linux-friendly POTS-to-VOIP-to-POTS

[Dave Fisher]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 03:12:24PM +0100, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 14:39 +0100, Dave Fisher wrote:
> > It's probably a stupid question, but what does a VOIP router get you,
> > that an ordinary router and a web-configurable IP phone don't?
> 
> Some, or ideally all, of the following:-
>       * VOIP to POTS conversion (ie the ability to plug a standard phone
>         in)
>       * Traffic shaping/QOS - prioritisation of VOIP traffic over other
>         network traffic (stopping downloads killing your phone service)

I notice that the SpeedTouch model mentioned by James 'Supports IP QoS'

Anyone got any idea whether 'supports' really means anything in this
context, i.e. does the router actually do it, or merely allow it?

Dave