VOIP Bandwidth

[GM<Jaymac>MF]

Hey guys... I'm in the middle of a research paper and I was just wondering...

Does anyone know roughly how much bandwidth does VoIP consumes on a per minute basis?

Thanks.

[dojee]

it depends largely on how many uncomfortable silences you have during the converstaion

[GM<Jaymac>MF]

Hmm.... good point. And what if you're chatting to your girlfriend who you haven't seen for two weeks and you just talk constantly?

[Gozzy]

last time i checked, but i was in a conference call with skype it used 7kb/s, but thats like a couple months ago, dunno if the newer versions use less bandwidth.

[sneaky]

Most apps you can set the bandwith usage which will afect the quality

[GM<Jaymac>MF]

Wow... 7kbps, that's nothing really! I thought it would be a lot more like streaming content.

Hmmm.... I'm impressed.

No, if only I could cancel my voice line rental and keep only my ADSL line!

[enemyanemone]

Thats what I do and I guess the majority of people will do in the next couple of years, replace your phone by Skype (or a proper voip setup) and keep a cellphone just in case you need to dial numbers that won't work, like emergency numbers.
The skype-out rates to non-voip users are cheaper than normal phone rates anyway.
Programs like teamspeak use alot less bandwidth thou afaik, but you need a server, but I guess you could get that hosted overseas for close to nothing