Cisco's technote states, citing G.131, that echo cancellers are required when one-way delay exceeds 25 ms, so added latency makes residual echo more noticeable.

Checked 2026-10-02

Echo cancellers are required when one-way delay exceeds 25 ms (G.131).
Vendor
Cisco
Product
not restricted
Subsystem
echo and delay
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
technote dated 2006-02-02
Checked
2026-10-02

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). Troubleshooting audio delay and talk-over on voice calls: source note call-latency-troubleshooting-cisco-echo-canceller-over-25ms. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/call-latency-troubleshooting-cisco-echo-canceller-over-25ms

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@misc{warmtransfer-claim-call-latency-troubleshooting-cisco-echo-canceller-over-25ms,
  title  = {Troubleshooting audio delay and talk-over on voice calls: source note call-latency-troubleshooting-cisco-echo-canceller-over-25ms},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/call-latency-troubleshooting-cisco-echo-canceller-over-25ms},
  note   = {Source note call-latency-troubleshooting-cisco-echo-canceller-over-25ms, checked 2026-10-02}
}

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