{"id":61,"date":"2005-08-30T14:42:05","date_gmt":"2005-08-30T19:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dillernet.com\/apple\/?p=61"},"modified":"2005-08-30T14:42:05","modified_gmt":"2005-08-30T19:42:05","slug":"voip-via-wifi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dillernet.com\/apple\/2005\/08\/30\/voip-via-wifi\/","title":{"rendered":"VOIP via Wifi"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"F1000\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I decided to try out a VOIP service at house, to take some of the load off my cell phone. I’ve been using my cell phone as my primary phone (business and pleasure, but I still maintain a land land for the wife) for a few years, and it’s expensive (and not getting any cheaper) and the coverage in the house just never cuts it. So VOIP seemed compelling. First I tried out a PhoneGnome<\/a>, which uses your existing land line as well as providing limited SIP based calling. Wanting more I signed up with Broadvoice<\/a> and got the Starcom F1000 [Specs<\/a>] Voip Wifi phone. Small and cute (bonuses) but the sound was a little problematic. The mic seems a tad to sensitive and will pick up sounds from the earpiece and re-send, giving the dreaded echo (or boy in a box) sound to conversations. I’ve also played around with the Sipura S3000 with Broadvoice<\/a>. BV is nice, has a cool web interface and is reasonable responsive to calls and email requests for support. I had some initial issues with the Starcom and they were able to re-provision it OTA (over the air) to the latest firmware for me. So far I’m enjoying it and the plan – $24 a month for unlimited USA and Canada calling.<\/p>\n

The F1000 does a cool job of finding 802.11b wifi spots and registering back onto the net. I’ve used it at a few places around the city and have been almost always able to find an open hotspot. Funny how they are all named linksys<\/strong>. I wonder how long till I can justify replacing my cell phone with one of these.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I decided to try out a VOIP service at house, to take some of the load off my cell phone. I’ve been using my cell phone as my primary phone (business and pleasure, but I still maintain a land land for the wife) for a few years, and it’s expensive (and not getting any cheaper) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3PE01-Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":114,"url":"https:\/\/dillernet.com\/apple\/2006\/03\/03\/mobivoip-voip-for-your-treo\/","url_meta":{"origin":61,"position":0},"title":"mobiVoIP – VoiP for your Treo","author":"admin","date":"March 3, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"mobiVoIP VoIP software for your Palm and Treo. 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