On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Roy Abshire <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roy@coopvr.com" target="_blank">roy@coopvr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Believe me, there is a method to my
madness that I didn't want to get into but here it goes.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Quite often, telling people the core problem can lead to better solutions. I assumed you wanted mobile, but fixed cellular could work for this.</div>
<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I want to get this to work reliably even with low quality and
bandwidth so I can install VOIP Phones at my vacation rental
properties that can only get 4G or low speed Satellite with only
128k upload.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>128 upload is no problem, but latency on geosynchronous satellite is horrible. Pretty much not usable for voice. LEO satellites like Iridium and Inmarsat work, but are VERY expensive.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Have you checked out the new Dish network satellite internet service? I haven't used it, but the specs look great and the price is cheap.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I went up and stayed at one of the properties and bought my ATT 4G
Elevate device just to test it out over VOIP at the cabin and I
got 2 bars and my Nokia connected and registered over SIP...but
calling was garbled.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>What you need is an external antenna, possibly a directional one if you know the general direction of the cell tower. Wilson makes some great amplifiers and antenna systems. I use a Wilson amp on my boat with a tall omni marine antenna, and it lets me make calls over VoIP where there would otherwise be no signal (they are choppy but usable).</div>
<div><br></div><div>There is some controversy on the "best" CODEC, but my experience is that g.729 is best on low-quality connections.</div><div><br></div></div>-- <br><div>Carlos Alvarez</div><div>TelEvolve</div>
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