2009/5/9 Don E. Wisdom <d...@engineeringinc.com> > 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 >
Hello, i did once install in south Africa, and the only problem i had is the delay, however the client has the dedicated 2 mbit uplink. But when i talked over it the delay was really noticable. > > > > 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 >
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