"mattpark" <admin@ukvoiptalk.com> wrote in message
news:mattpark.37gdi2@no-mx.ukvoiptalk.com...
>
> Connections from UK cable providers should *not* be used for VoIP at
> present because of:
>
> 1. High contention ratios
> 2. Use of traffic shaping
> 4. Restrictions in some cases on the use of ports
> 5. Commercial restrictions (terms & conditions and fair use policies
> preventing use of VoIP).
>
> You may find it works, however calls at peak internet times might be a
> bit hopeless....
>
> You are much better of getting a DSL line with some form of guarantee
> and SLA attached.
>
>
> --
>


As I said on here a week or so ago, Virgin (as was NTL) got big by
taking over other cable companies, and the install standard and system
structure varied a lot between them.

Get a good area in Virgin - as it is round here - and VOIP works
perfectly well, but in other areas it is not so.

So don't condemn outright - it may be your experience but not that of
others.



--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com