wild blue satellite and vonage

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Mar 19, 2009 Posts: 2

k, here is my scenario. just moved to an area that can only get satellite internet. unless of course u want dial - up.
hooked up sat. then hooked up Vonage, mind you its been 8 mnths since i have had Vonage hooked up. i can get a call, i can make a call, i can hear the other person on the other, but noone can hear me. i have tried different ways to hook it up. nothin worked there. so i went and bought a netgear router, thinking this was what was wrong. NOT
is there anyone out there who can direct me in the right direction. I miss my Vonage. at one point i thought of getting a soft phone thinking maybe that will work, but haven't tried it yet. your input will be GREATLY appreciated. thank you

Posts: 352 · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:55 pm Post subject:

Vonage is not recommended for satellite internet.
There is too much delay from satellite to Vonage adapter and back.

Posts: 7 · New Forum Member Joined: Mar 10, 2009 Posts: 7

kdf55 wrote:

Vonage is not recommended for satellite internet.
There is too much delay from satellite to Vonage adapter and back.

Hi friends,

Your reason is right, because now a day here i suffer same problem is satellite internet not recommended Vongue and also delay from satellite to vongue adapter.
Pls my request to you if u find any solution and suggestion, fell free tell me.

Thanks,

Parkar

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Mar 19, 2009 Posts: 2

thats what i thought that u couldn't have both, but the only reason i did it was because both companies told me it could be done. so if i cant have that then can someone tell me different ideas of what to get (preferebly through Vonage if possible) so that we can have a phone line that we can make calls, receive calls, even if its through the computer. i have never made a call through the computer, so you might have to do step-step instructions. and regular phone lines are out of the question. input would be great....

Posts: 830 · Vonage Forum Evangelist Joined: Jun 08, 2007 Posts: 830

lttluncrn2 wrote:

thats what i thought that u couldn't have both, but the only reason i did it was because both companies told me it could be done.

That is strange, since on the sign up page for Vonage, if you check sattelite for your bradband type of service , it returns the following:

"Vonage service does not work with Satellite. A land-based high speed Internet connection, such as cable or DSL modem, is required. If you need assistance, please call 1-888-272-4820."

Any Voip service (whether through your computer or an ATA) will suffer delay, which causes problems with real time streaming of voice communications. It simply takes too long for the signal to get to and from the satellite.