Quality of VoIP Calls Dropping; Will Net Neutrality Make the Problem Worse?

Has VoIP quality been getting worse? Yes. That's the conclusion arrived at by Brix Networks, and it has real implications for the current debate over network neutrality.

Brix runs a web site called TestYourVoIP.com. As the name suggests, it lets people test the quality of their VoIP connection by placing a simulated call from the user's computer to one of several verifiers located around the world. Brix then lets customers know how well their connection works (they also offer a Google gadget that can display a weather map of current worldwide VoIP conditions). The company has archived all the data generated by these tests (nearly a million of them in the last two years) and yesterday released a report based on those numbers.