Using OBi and GV Outside the USA
Flahusky:
Where were you? Afghanistan, Kandahar
How were you connected to the Internet? iFONE ISP (sat. link provider)
What kind of calls worked? All
What kind of calls did not work? n/a
Any other observations?
Due to craptastic bandwidth here on post, I'm still searching for a codec setting that will work with the 2kbB/s to 9kB/s speeds we seem to be able to maintain.
QBZappy:
Flahusky,
Hi, This might help.
Following is a list of VoIP codecs along with how much data network bandwidth they consume.
* AMR Codec
* BroadVoice Codec 16Kbps narrowband, and 32Kbps wideband
* GIPS Family 13.3 Kbps and up
* GSM 13 Kbps (full rate), 20ms frame size
* iLBC 15Kbps,20ms frame size: 13.3 Kbps, 30ms frame size
* ITU G.711 64 Kbps, sample-based Also known as alaw/ulaw
* ITU G.722 48/56/64 Kbps ADPCM 7Khz audio bandwidth
* ITU G.722.1 24/32 Kbps 7Khz audio bandwidth (based on Polycoms SIREN codec)
* ITU G.722.1C 32 Kbps, a Polycom extension, 14Khz audio bandwidth
* ITU G.722.2 6.6Kbps to 23.85Kbps. Also known as AMR-WB. CELP 7Khz audio bandwidth
* ITU G.723.1 5.3/6.3 Kbps, 30ms frame size
* ITU G.726 16/24/32/40 Kbps
* ITU G.728 16 Kbps
* ITU G.729 8 Kbps, 10ms frame size
* Speex 2.15 to 44.2 Kbps
* LPC10 2.5 Kbps
* DoD CELP 4.8 Kbps
nontechnie:
I am extremely non technical and I've just bought an Obi to use to make calls to my relatives in Canada. I live in the US and please tell me how I can call them (on their mobiles) from my mobile ( I have no other phones now) Can I configure their cell phones so they can call my cell free? Their cell phones are registered in Canada while I have one from US. I am not interested in providing them with free calls, but I just want them to be able to call me either from their cell phones or land line.
Right now I have an ATT cell plan to call Canada and it is getting very expensive.
Please don't use terms such as DID, VPN etc as I looked them up and can't understand them at all. I need some step by step help.
Thank you.
RonR:
With your OBi configured with a Google Voice account, you will be able to make calls to US and Canada numbers free of charge (at least throught the end of the year) from a telephone connected to the OBi. You will also be able to call your OBi using your Google Voice number and have the OBi's Auto Attendant answer. Using the Auto Attendant, you can make free outgoing calls as if you were using the OBi's telephone.
Since your Google Voice number will be a US number, relatives in Canada will have to pay applicable rates to call you.
If one of your relatives in Canada also had an OBi, they could call your OBi telehone and mobile phone free of charge. If their OBi was connected to the local telephone service, calls into that OBi could be forwarded to your OBi telephone and mobile phone free of charge. In addition, they could actually make free calls to any US or Canada number free of charge using your Google Voice account.
nontechnie:
Thank you. I've read pages and pages of things Obi could do. But how? I need step by step instructions.
I will receive my obi in a couple of days, and I think I know how to connect it since I've had an Ooma before. But do I have to connect a Real phone to the Obi? Can I not tell my Obi to forward all calls to my cell phone?
I've read also of people configuring their family's cell phones so they can take their phones overseas and yet to able to call to the US free. How do I configure my relatives' cell phones (they are Canadian cell phones though) so they can call my Obi and then have my Obi forward all calls to my cell?
If these scenarios described above could be done, please tell me the steps I need to do to accomplish this.
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