Toshiba VoIP MOS Prospecto

Before you know how much a VoIP deployment will cost and how 

successful it will be, you need to understand if your data network 

can carry high-quality voice transmissions. The odds are that a 

network upgrade will be needed to successfully deploy VoIP.

Consider the facts: “85% of today’s router-based data networks 

are not ready for successful voice deployment.” - Gartner Group

Your data network was originally designed to support emails, 

fi le transfers and deliver Web pages, not carry high quality voice 

transmissions. Voice traffi c is very time sensitive and can’t be 

queued like email or Web traffi c. Delays up to a half hour for an 

email or fi le transfer are generally not a problem, but delays of 

only a few hundred milliseconds can ruin a VoIP call, producing 

choppy conversations or dropped calls.

To ensure your VoIP deployment is successful and on budget, you 

need to fi nd answers to these important questions before deploy-

ing VoIP:

  What type of VoIP MOS (Mean Opinion Score) call quality can I  

 

expect from my current data network for each business site?

  Is network delay, loss or jitter the main problem impacting VoIP  

 

call quality, and how do I fi x it?

  How many concurrent VoIP calls can my network carry without  

 

impacting existing data services?

Knowing this information before deploying VoIP will ensure your 

success, but what is the most accurate and cost effective method 

to obtain it?

The fastest and most cost effective way to determine your network’s

VoIP readiness is to conduct a Toshiba VoIP Network Assessment.

The assessment quickly diagnoses the majority of your network 

issues so that by the time you begin your VoIP deployment, you 

have a converged network that will carry high-quality voice trans-

missions.

Organizations that skip this important deployment step experience 

poor call quality, dissatisfi ed users, upgrade cost overruns and 

delayed deployments.

Compare in Figure 1 the typical outcome of VoIP deployments that 

include a VoIP Assessment vs. ones that skip this important step: