VoIP services convert your voice into a digital signal that is portioned into packets.
The packets travel over the internet to reach the call recipient.
This delay, calledlatency, causes some disruption in voice quality.
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However,VoIP technologyis equipped to deal with some delay, so the effects are minimized.
If you lose a word or a zero in your balance, your text might mean something completely different.
Besides, a voice-smoothing mechanism regulates the call so that you dont feel the bump.
If the delay is not big and is constant, your conversation can be acceptable.
Unfortunately, the delay is not always constant and varies depending on technical factors.
This variation in delay is calledjitter, which causes damage to voice quality.
