For VoIP to be a realistic replacement for standard public switched telephone network (PSTN) telephony services, customers need to receive the same quality of voice transmission they receive with basic telephone services – meaning consistently high-quality voice transmissions. Like other real-time applications, VoIP is extremely bandwidth- and delay-sensitive. For VoIP transmissions to be intelligible to the receiver, voice packets should not be dropped, excessively delayed, or suffer varying delay (otherwise known as jitter)

No matter how fast your Internet connection is, there are times when things will slow down to a crawl. Slow Internet speeds can be caused by a variety of factors, including service provider network issues, equipment failures, software programs that use up a lot of memory or data, computer viruses and other malware, poor WiFi connection, and more…

The SmartQ Appliance

CrescentCX introduces the SmartQ Appliance to Optimize Performance and Capacity of small and medium-sized business (SMB) Networks.

The explosion of media enjoyed on a variety of devices presents an ongoing challenge to internet bandwidth.  Due to limited bandwidth, users are increasingly frustrated by the effects of network congestion: web surfing competes with streaming video and downloads competes with everything. In the practical use case, bandwidth will always be limited, but intelligent network management helps address this. We created the SmartQ Appliance to recognize and optimally allocate network traffic, providing users with the best Internet performance possible on all connected devices – right out of the box.

By intelligently managing a network’s broadband connection, the SmartQ Appliance gives each device and each application the bandwidth it needs to ensure the best possible online experience.

The SmartQ Appliance also incorporates a cloud-based service that updates and fine-tunes the devices algorithms to continually increase it’s intelligence and improve performance.

Installing the SmartQ Appliance is simple. The virtually inline Plug-and-play appliance can be deployed in any network in less than an hour. By operating as a transparent layer 2 switch, the SmartQ Appliance greatly simplifies installation in any SMB network. It does not require special router or firewall configuration, making the installation process quick and simple.

The SmartQ Appliance provides a superior connected experience to users of all devices on a network by managing and shaping traffic, and giving each connected device and application the priority and bandwidth required for optimal performance, regardless of application usage.