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VoIP for Dummies Book - XO Communications

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<strong>XO</strong> <strong>Communications</strong> <strong>VoIP</strong> For <strong>Dummies</strong><br />

if there is congestion, the priority packets make it through first<br />

and other non-priority packets are lost. Also, the priority packets<br />

don’t have to wait behind non-priority packets, thereby<br />

reducing jitter.<br />

You need to be careful with how traffic is classified on the network.<br />

If anyone can classify traffic as priority, you may end up<br />

with all traffic in “first class,” which has the same result as no<br />

traffic being treated as priority traffic. Normally a service<br />

provider limits either what traffic can be prioritized or who<br />

can send prioritized traffic.

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