A packet voice transceiver adapted to reside at a first end of a communication network and to send and receive voice packets to and from a second packet voice transceiver residing at a second end of the communication network. The transceiver includes a voice encoder, a packet transmitter, a packet receiver, a voice decoder and a far-end echo canceller. The voice encoder receives an ingress audio signal and encodes the audio signal to produce an ingress packet voice signal. The packet transmitter transmits the ingress packet voice signal over the network to the second packet voice transceiver. The packet receiver receives an egress packet voice signal transmitted over the network by the second packet voice transceiver. The voice decoder decodes the egress packet voice signal to produce an egress audio signal. The far-end echo canceller reduces echo that is present in the egress audio signal and that originated at the second end.