what is acceptible jitter for voip and videoconferencing?

Jay Hennigan jay at west.net
Fri Sep 22 16:42:48 UTC 2023


On 9/21/23 17:04, Michael Thomas wrote:

> When I wrote my first implementation of telnet ages ago, i was both 
> amused and annoyed about the go-ahead option. Obviously patterned after 
> audio meat-space protocols, but I was never convinced it wasn't a 
> solution in search of a problem. I wonder if CDMA was really an 
> outgrowth of those protocols?

Typically seen with half-duplex implementations, like "Over" in two-way 
radio. Still used in TTY/TDD as "GA".

> But it's my impression that gaming is by far more affected by latency 
> and thus jitter buffers for voice. Don't some ISP's even cater to gamers 
> about latency?

Yep. Dilithium crystal futures are up due to gaming industry demand. ;-)

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