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Call quality stutters: choppy audio, delay, or echo

VoIP is sensitive to jitter and packet loss. Three small checks catch most of it.

Try this first

  1. 1Test on a wired connection instead of Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi with other busy devices introduces jitter.
  2. 2Close heavy downloads or video streams on the network; they eat capacity.
  3. 3In Teams: during a call > three dots > Device settings > pick the right mic and speaker. Echo often comes from a speaker the mic picks up.
  4. 4On a DECT headset: stay within 30 m of the base. Further away the signal collapses.
  5. 5Only one person affected 24/7? Test with a second headset to rule the first one out.

When to bring us in

If multiple colleagues hit it at once and wired has been tried, the internet uplink or the carrier is at fault; flag it to us.

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