System and method for establishing a voice over ip session

A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• initiating, by one or more computing devices, a Voice over IP (VoIP) session;
• establishing, by the one or more computing devices, a first communication channel as an active channel for a first computing device of the one or more computing devices, wherein the active channel is fully enabled for use by the first computing device;
• and
• establishing, by the one or more computing devices, a second communication channel as a passive channel for the first computing device while maintaining the active channel, wherein the passive channel is at least partially enabled for use by the first computing device.

A computing system including a processor and memory configured to perform operations comprising:

• initiating, by one or more computing devices, a Voice over IP (VoIP) session;
• establishing, by the one or more computing devices, a first communication channel as an active channel for a first computing device of the one or more computing devices, wherein the active channel is fully enabled for use by the first computing device;
• and
• establishing, by the one or more computing devices, a second communication channel as a passive channel for the first computing device while maintaining the active channel, wherein the passive channel is at least partially enabled for use by the first computing device.

The computing system of claim 1 further comprising:

• monitoring the active channel to detect signal quality during the VoIP session;
• determining that a signal quality threshold level of the active channel is reached;
• and
• in response to determining that the signal quality threshold level is reached, implementing a failover process to establish the passive channel as a new active channel for use by the first computing device.