Why do I need to configure a QoS bandwidth value with Ooma?
QoS works by allocating a portion of your total available bandwidth to Ooma services, including phone calling and voicemail playback. In order for QoS to work properly, it needs to know what your Internet speed is in the upstream direction. Many home routers and other Voice over IP adapters claim to have QoS capabilities built into them, but most do a poor job of implementing packet prioritization. One of the main reasons QoS just doesn’t work well on these other platforms is they do a bad job at guessing what the true upstream bandwidth is. Most of these other devices also don’t provide an option to set what your upstream bandwidth actually is. Setting the QoS Value The following diagrams illustrate how well Ooma QoS works with different configured upstream QoS bandwidth values. As mentioned in the “Configuring quality of service” article, it’s best to use an Internet speed test site to determine what this value actually is. For the most optimum results, it is best to configure your “
