VoIP Speed Test

Latency

Latency is a result of the time delay experienced by the signals from the transmission side to the receiver side. Latency also produces a delayed effect for the sound, but unlike jitter, it will not downgrade the sound quality.

The recipient will be able to get the messages albeit at a slow pace. High latency will cause the sound signals to delay much higher, and this makes communication very cumbersome.

Latency is often experienced while browsing online. However, it doesn’t spoil the whole experience because we are ready to wait a few seconds for the page to load. But the same approach is not effective during a voice call where communication needs to happen between the callers and the respondents instantly.

Latency is measured using the ping time, which is the amount of time the system takes to open and establish the connection. Ping time is measured in milliseconds (ms), and 100ms is considered as excellent, while anything over 250ms is considered poor.