Benchmarks

Horizon vs G.729

G.729 is a type of audio compression that is typically used in VoIP. Our testing has shown that Horizon is at least 4 times more efficient, depending on which voice quality you select. Or to put it another way, you can talk for at least four times longer.

 

Codec

"Talking" bandwidth

"Listening" bandwidth

 IP headers Total call data Minutes per MB
Horizon Q1 1.9kbps 0kbps 2.46kbps 4.36kbps 32.03
Horizon Q2 3.5kbps 0kbps 2.46kbps 5.96kbps 23.44
Horizon Q3 5.5kbps 0kbps 2.46kbps 7.96kbps 17.56
G.729 8kbps 8kbps 32kbps 48kbps 2.91