Hi, all,
I have read the VOIP threads. Some success and not so much success.
I really want to make this work.
Walked into WM and bought an Exhibit II with the now-famous T-Mo 5GB at 4G speeds + 100 minutes plan.
My "set up":
- a GV number
- a rooted and debloated Samsung Exhibit II. No email accounts setup, no social media, nothing that could be using data, besides the official GV app for texting
- T-Mo 4G. Coverage is decent, 2-3 bars everywhere, but even at 4 bars speeds are mainly between 1.5 and 4Mbps. In some areas and being still it gets to 8Mbps.
Tried SIPDroid and CSIPSimple with pbxes.org set up for GV. Over cellular data, none are usable. Period. I frustrate my callees terribly.
WIFI with Groove IP is flawless and with SIPDroid and CSIPSimple almost flawless. Haven't bought Groove IP for cellular data.
My question doesn't have to do with what setup you are running (even though I DO want to know your setup and rate of success), as much as to how VOIP over cellular data works... or doesn't work.
In another thread a poster was saying "SIPDroid still relies on Google Voice." What apps/services don't and why is relying on GV bad? I am willing to pay a few extra dollars a month for VOIP to be reliable, as long as I can use my number that I've had for years and just recently ported to GV. Another or the same poster was saying these clients don't handle packet loss well. What/who does?
Does the phone hardware matter? Would a different phone with a better radio do better? Some Exhibit II users are fairly satisfied from what I've read.
When driving, is it bouncing from tower to tower that causes the problems? Today in front of my house, standing still, with one 4G bar and top speed test of 1.2Mpbs, using SIPDroid was almost perfect for a 6-minute conversation. One single short hiccup.
Thank you!
I have read the VOIP threads. Some success and not so much success.
I really want to make this work.
Walked into WM and bought an Exhibit II with the now-famous T-Mo 5GB at 4G speeds + 100 minutes plan.
My "set up":
- a GV number
- a rooted and debloated Samsung Exhibit II. No email accounts setup, no social media, nothing that could be using data, besides the official GV app for texting
- T-Mo 4G. Coverage is decent, 2-3 bars everywhere, but even at 4 bars speeds are mainly between 1.5 and 4Mbps. In some areas and being still it gets to 8Mbps.
Tried SIPDroid and CSIPSimple with pbxes.org set up for GV. Over cellular data, none are usable. Period. I frustrate my callees terribly.
WIFI with Groove IP is flawless and with SIPDroid and CSIPSimple almost flawless. Haven't bought Groove IP for cellular data.
My question doesn't have to do with what setup you are running (even though I DO want to know your setup and rate of success), as much as to how VOIP over cellular data works... or doesn't work.
In another thread a poster was saying "SIPDroid still relies on Google Voice." What apps/services don't and why is relying on GV bad? I am willing to pay a few extra dollars a month for VOIP to be reliable, as long as I can use my number that I've had for years and just recently ported to GV. Another or the same poster was saying these clients don't handle packet loss well. What/who does?
Does the phone hardware matter? Would a different phone with a better radio do better? Some Exhibit II users are fairly satisfied from what I've read.
When driving, is it bouncing from tower to tower that causes the problems? Today in front of my house, standing still, with one 4G bar and top speed test of 1.2Mpbs, using SIPDroid was almost perfect for a 6-minute conversation. One single short hiccup.
Thank you!