I work on the salmon river in Idaho as a computer/radio tech. All of the satellite isp's do not have the upstream capability. Skype barely works. (you have to try upwards of 20 times for it to work) If I have to make phone calls when I am there I always use the SSB Radiophone or satellite phone because it is far far far more reliable and doesn't irritate the living hell out of the person your calling. I have tried 2-3 different VoIP providers & all have the exact same result. The other side only hears a few pieces of word or nothing at all and hangs up. I have tried this on Starband (360 & 480 modems) & wild blue Starband also has outages during the day where you cant see their satellite. Most of the satellite ISP's also have rolling bandwith caps. (Starbands is 1gig down & 300megs up in a 7 day period for the plans I deal with) Overall I think its a bad idea. It most likely will not work.
--Don On 5/8/09 10:56 PM, "Frank Bulk" <frnk...@iname.com> wrote: > If people don't mind taking turns talking, it will "work". It's just going > to be like talking on a CB. Reminds me of talking to my grandparents in the > Europe as a child in the early 80's. > > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Eric Fort > Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 10:30 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: [asterisk-users] VoIP over satellite internet > > Could those on the list who have used or tried to use VoIP over a > satellite internet connection comment on how well it works or if it > even works at all in a reliable way. What is the effect of latency on > the VoIP path and how much is generally tolerable? routing via > satellite adds about a quarter second of latency to the path. Is that > too much? > > Eric > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users