> > Vonage uses the g711 codec, which takes up 64kbps.  I don't 
> know why 
> > they don't use g723 or something which uses lower bandwidth.  g723 
> > uses about 5kbps, and the quality is pretty much indistinguishable 
> > through a phone speaker.
> 
> it's not indistinguishable from a DSP perspective.  it 
> entails significantly more aggressive compression and their 
> head end boxes may not support it.

The ATA-186 device supports it.  It's possible they ripped the support out
of it though since they run custom software on it.

Jay