Ok, I have transferred my house number over from BT to a VOIP service and I am using "csip simple" as an app on my phone to take and make calls. We have wifi everywhere but so far the quality of service is poor, the calls break up and the sound is poor. I assume it is primarily to do with the wifi signal but I am able to use my tablet for browsing and video without any problem. Is there a minimum wifi specification that is needed for effective VOIP?
VOIP over wifi
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Storeman
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For useable voip, you need a broadband speed between 96 and 156kbps. If your broadband speed is better than that then it should all be fine.
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We have done this but with our old portable hand sets that we had.
Does any one know what is a good make of hand setts to get please
Does any one know what is a good make of hand setts to get please
Is this upload or download or both?
Storeman
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That's both upload and download.
Pheasant Surprise
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You’re ping time is wayyyy too high sir! One tenth of that would be good.
That in a nutshell is why you VoIP calls are crapping out.
Can you try an alternative ISP, even 4G off your phone temporarily?
Thanks @Pheasant Surprise
So the lower the ping the better?
So the lower the ping the better?
Pheasant Surprise
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Yes lower is always better with ping times. It’s a measure of round trip delay for data packets across the network from your computer to another.
What kills VoIP is really high ping times and also a high “jitter” measure. Jitter is the variation in ping times.
Really high ping and jitter times are usually symptoms of a poor quality connection to the exchange (or now cabinet in a lot of cases).
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