Choosing Server
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Choosing a Server
VoIP.ms offers 13 different servers, but which one should you choose? One misconception is that you should pick the closest to your location, however this is not needed most of the time, for example, if you are in the USA any of the US servers will provide a really good latency and service quality, you may also want to know that there is a network tool that will help you when deciding which server you want to use, we refer to "ping", which will provide you the latency between you and the server, therefore the server which provides you less latency, should be used.
Atlanta, GA: atlanta.voip.ms Chicago, IL: chicago.voip.ms Dallas, TX: dallas.voip.ms Houston, TX: houston.voip.ms Los Angeles, CA: losangeles.voip.ms New York, NY: newyork.voip.ms Seattle, WA: seattle.voip.ms Tampa, FL: tampa.voip.ms Montreal 2,QC: montreal2.voip.ms Toronto 2, ON: toronto2.voip.ms Montreal,QC: montreal.voip.ms Toronto, ON: toronto.voip.ms London, UK: london.voip.ms
What is a Ping?
Ping it is a standard tool, used to test network connections. Mostly used to determine if a server or device can be reached across the network and the latency of the response.(the time it takes to send a packet to the destination and for it to return to your computer)
Ping tools are part of Windows, Mac OS X and Linux as well as some routers.
How does the ping work?
It sends request messages to a target network address or DNS names at periodic intervals and measure the time it takes for a response message to arrive and return.(better known as latency).
How to ping
By opening the console in your operative system, you only need to simple write the command "ping" followed by the IP address or DNS name that we are testing.
The following is the output of running ping with the target losangeles.voip.ms.
#ping losangeles.voip.ms Ping to losangeles.voip.ms [67.215.241.250] with 32 bytes de datos: Response from 67.215.241.250: bytes=32 time=67ms TTL=52 Response from 67.215.241.250: bytes=32 time=69ms TTL=52 Response from 67.215.241.250: bytes=32 time=68ms TTL=52 Response from 67.215.241.250: bytes=32 time=67ms TTL=52 ping statistics from 67.215.241.250: 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet lost. rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 67ms, 69ms, 67ms
Latency and its importance
Latency is very important for Voip, this will determine the time that will take for the data package transmission to reach the destination. A high latency will lead to a delay and echoes in the communication.
Latency is measured in milliseconds (ms) For example: a latency of 150ms is barely noticeable so is acceptable. Higher than that, quality starts to suffer. When it gets higher than 300 ms, it becomes unacceptable.
