Brix Expands Free VoIP Quality Testing Portal

Brix Networks (www.brixnet.com) lias announced Version 2.0 ofTestYourVoIP.com, the company's free, voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) quality testing portal that enables users to independently measure the quality of their residential VoIP connections via a quick, user-initiated test call.

With Version 2.0, TestYourVoIP.com provides more insight and various performance metrics to prospective VoIP users about the ability of their broadband connections to successfully support VoIP. Specifically, TestYourVoIP.com now reports call setup and signaling quality statistics, including Post-Dial Delay, Post-Pickup Delay, Call Setup Time, and Media Delay.

Other enhancements to TestYourVoIP. com that were unveiled by Brix Networks let users: identify firewall or other environmental configurations that may restrict their ability to run VoIP; e-mail a copy of their VoIP performance test results to themselves for future reference or, if they do not achieve the level of performance they require, even to the customer support department of their broadband provider; compare how their test scores stack up against other users based on time (hour, day, week), region, country or broadband provider.

The access technology-independent TestYourVoIP.com site can be used by potential VoIP consumers who have cable, DSL, broadband over power line, satellite, or other broadband options.

"With more than one million hits received since the initial launch of our TestYourVoIP.com portal less than two months ago, it has quickly become a 'must visit' site for anyone contemplating or already using a residential VoIP service," said Tom Pincince, president and CEO of Brix Networks.

"With these new enhancements, TestYourVoIP.com is an even more useful and compelling tool for VoIP prospects and users alike as it accurately measures the ability of their broadband connection to support IP telephony."

TestYourVoIP.com is powered by the Brix System, Brix Networks' VoIP performance management solution. The Brix System consists of distributed hardware test points, called Verifiers, which communicate with, and are managed by, the BrixWorx central-site software application.

With its Brix Tri-Q Analysis, the Brix System provides total VoIP service testing across each of the areas that impact users' experience of quality, namely: signaling quality (call setup performance), delivery quality (media path network performance), and call quality (overall voice clarity and call experience).