Quote from: carl on March 13, 2012, 06:56:06 PM
... I could not care less about the router...
Looking at MichiganTelephone's blog, the most interesting thing about the router is:
"QoS optimized for the VoIP application by default." ["QoS" stands for "quality of service".]
IOW, it puts a high priority on voice packets and keeps their delay low when other
traffic is competing for bandwidth. This would avoid drop-outs and other breaks in
voice that plague all heavily-loaded networks that share streaming media bandwidth
data file transfers. This would probably be of most value to a small business wherein
one PC is sending files while a VoIP conversation is taking place, or in a home while
someone is downloading a video or movie during a VoIP contact. If you look at the
specs of the typical business router costing many hundreds of dollars, you will see
control of QoS on a port-by-port or other basis as a feature.
*TimDan*