Use on Satellite Internet?

Posts: 8 · New Forum Member Joined: Aug 08, 2005 Posts: 8

I had a chance to evaluate a new personal satellite service available since July 2005. Latency is pretty crazy (625 ms pinging google.com for example) but otherwise usable.

Using my RT31P2 router I tried to place outgoing calls over the satellite connection. It might have been a symptom of recent problems but I kept getting "All circuits are busy" on the handset. By comparison, I could receive calls on the connection where my voice echoed on the handset about half a second after I spoke.

Now the bandwidth on the device I tested was pretty pathetic - 512 kbps downstream and 128 kbps upstream with that 625 to 700 ms ping time I mentioned. There are higher levels of service up to 2 mbps / 512 kbps available, though I've been warned they have the same latency - no worse than satellite phone service is like anyway.

Is there any way to get Vonage's service operating over this type of connection?

Posts: 91 · Vonage Forum Senior Joined: Nov 26, 2004 Posts: 91

gordonf wrote:

Is there any way to get Vonage's service operating over this type of connection?

Vonage will probably work... but voice quality would be horrible (a lot of stutters).

Check: www.testyourvoip.com to test your connection quality. It should give a you a rough idea of how well Vonage will work.

BTW, another thing you can try is to download SJPhone (www.sjlabs.com) or use MSN Voice Chat and try a PC to PC call with a friend. If SJPhone OK... Vonage should be fine.

Posts: 23 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Jul 01, 2005 Posts: 23

gordonf wrote:

Is there any way to get Vonage's service operating over this type of connection?

No way. You might be able to get it to work for listen-only calls, but forget about talking. And forget about touch tones working.

I think this would be a very, very frustrating experience.

Sorry.