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Can anyone help me fix my Skype?
I bought a Linksys CIT300 phone that's supposed to work with Skype at my
cabin. I have Wild Blue satellite service. I can't get the phone to work with Skype. I've read the manuals, and Skype sent me a list of things to do, which I did. First I got garbled sound, now nothing. I'm about ready to chuck this, but I have heard of others having good luck with it. It is the last resort for phone service at our cabin. Other than that, we have to drive three miles to the mountaintop to use the cell. Help would be appreciated. Steve |
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Can anyone help me fix my Skype?
On Aug 7, 10:02 pm, "SteveB" wrote:
I bought a Linksys CIT300 phone that's supposed to work with Skype at my cabin. I have Wild Blue satellite service. I can't get the phone to work with Skype. I've read the manuals, and Skype sent me a list of things to do, which I did. First I got garbled sound, now nothing. I'm about ready to chuck this, but I have heard of others having good luck with it. It is the last resort for phone service at our cabin. Other than that, we have to drive three miles to the mountaintop to use the cell. Help would be appreciated. Steve Satellite service is generally not recommended for Skype, or any other real-time network systems (like online games, webcam chat, etc). I've got Wildblue also, and while the download speeds are acceptable when compared to dialup, the ping response time (how long it takes for a single packet to get to it's destination and then back again) is abysmal. Henry |
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Can anyone help me fix my Skype?
SteveB wrote:
I bought a Linksys CIT300 phone that's supposed to work with Skype at my cabin. I have Wild Blue satellite service. I can't get the phone to work with Skype. I've read the manuals, and Skype sent me a list of things to do, which I did. First I got garbled sound, now nothing. I'm about ready to chuck this, but I have heard of others having good luck with it. It is the last resort for phone service at our cabin. Other than that, we have to drive three miles to the mountaintop to use the cell. Help would be appreciated. Steve Satellite round trip delay tends to hose anything "real time" like voice, video, VPN, etc. If you have a high speed connection at another location with access to a land line, you *might* have better luck operating your own VoIP bridge so you have control of both ends and can set longer timeouts, etc. Not a particularly simple project. Pete C. |
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Can anyone help me fix my Skype?
On Aug 8, 8:37 am, "Pete C." wrote:
Satellite round trip delay tends to hose anything "real time" like voice, video, VPN, etc. What about satellite phones - those bulky cell phone types with what looks like a gun silencer for an antenna? Do they have the same drawbacks? KC |
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Can anyone help me fix my Skype?
KC wrote:
On Aug 8, 8:37 am, "Pete C." wrote: Satellite round trip delay tends to hose anything "real time" like voice, video, VPN, etc. What about satellite phones - those bulky cell phone types with what looks like a gun silencer for an antenna? Do they have the same drawbacks? KC Not nearly as much, the satellites they use they use are in low earth orbit. |
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Can anyone help me fix my Skype?
KC wrote:
On Aug 8, 8:37 am, "Pete C." wrote: Satellite round trip delay tends to hose anything "real time" like voice, video, VPN, etc. What about satellite phones - those bulky cell phone types with what looks like a gun silencer for an antenna? Do they have the same drawbacks? KC Yes and no. They have the same round trip delay to contend with, but they are designed to deal with the delays so the audio data stream doesn't break up. You still have a noticeable delay between the time you finish saying something and the time the other person hears it, responds and that audio gets to you. The problem with the skype stuff is that it's not designed to handle the long delay so it has errors and the audio breaks up. |
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Can anyone help me fix my Skype? * more info *
"Pete C." wrote:
KC wrote: On Aug 8, 8:37 am, "Pete C." wrote: Satellite round trip delay tends to hose anything "real time" like voice, video, VPN, etc. What about satellite phones - those bulky cell phone types with what looks like a gun silencer for an antenna? Do they have the same drawbacks? KC Yes and no. They have the same round trip delay to contend with, but they are designed to deal with the delays so the audio data stream doesn't break up. You still have a noticeable delay between the time you finish saying something and the time the other person hears it, responds and that audio gets to you. The problem with the skype stuff is that it's not designed to handle the long delay so it has errors and the audio breaks up. |
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Can anyone help me fix my Skype? * more info *
"Pete C." wrote:
KC wrote: On Aug 8, 8:37 am, "Pete C." wrote: Satellite round trip delay tends to hose anything "real time" like voice, video, VPN, etc. What about satellite phones - those bulky cell phone types with what looks like a gun silencer for an antenna? Do they have the same drawbacks? KC Yes and no. They have the same round trip delay to contend with, but they are designed to deal with the delays so the audio data stream doesn't break up. You still have a noticeable delay between the time you finish saying something and the time the other person hears it, responds and that audio gets to you. The problem with the skype stuff is that it's not designed to handle the long delay so it has errors and the audio breaks up. How about the info this time... I have a report from a reliable source that Vonage VoIP service does work over Hughes satellite Internet service, but with significant delays of 1-2 seconds. The person went back to land line for voice, so it's not useable for routine communication, but potentially ok for remote cabin use. |
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Can anyone help me fix my Skype?
SteveB wrote:
I bought a Linksys CIT300 phone that's supposed to work with Skype at my cabin. I have Wild Blue satellite service. I can't get the phone to work with Skype. I've read the manuals, and Skype sent me a list of things to do, which I did. First I got garbled sound, now nothing. I'm about ready to chuck this, but I have heard of others having good luck with it. It is the last resort for phone service at our cabin. Other than that, we have to drive three miles to the mountaintop to use the cell. Help would be appreciated. Steve There is way too much latency in your Wild Blue service to use VoIP. |
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Can anyone help me fix my Skype?
On Aug 7, 9:02 pm, "SteveB" wrote:
I bought a Linksys CIT300 phone that's supposed to work with Skype at my cabin. I have Wild Blue satellite service. I can't get the phone to work with Skype. I've read the manuals, and Skype sent me a list of things to do, which I did. First I got garbled sound, now nothing. I'm about ready to chuck this, but I have heard of others having good luck with it. It is the last resort for phone service at our cabin. Other than that, we have to drive three miles to the mountaintop to use the cell. Help would be appreciated. Steve You might look into something like this for your cellphone: http://tinyurl.com/2yx3o8 [8~{} Uncle Monster |
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Can anyone help me fix my Skype?
DA had written this in response to
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/main...pe-240787-.htm : SteveB wrote: I bought a Linksys CIT300 phone that's supposed to work with Skype at my cabin. I have Wild Blue satellite service. I can't get the phone to work with Skype. I've read the manuals, and Skype sent me a list of things to do, which I did. First I got garbled sound, now nothing. I'm about ready to chuck this, but I have heard of others having good luck with it. It is the last resort for phone service at our cabin. Other than that, we have to drive three miles to the mountaintop to use the cell. Help would be appreciated. Don't you also have to pay for bandwidth with your satellite service? If so, I would not use Skype or any other VoIP service for that matter. Skype is even worse than others because your bandwidth will also be used by other people since it's a peer-to-peer service, meaning everyone shares. It would be fine if you had a broadband connection with free bandwidth but on a satellite Internet bandwidth charges could be steep. \//. ------------------------------------- ##-----------------------------------------------## Delivered via http://www.thestuccocompany.com/ News and Discussions Community of the Net Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup - alt.home.repair - 230529 messages and counting! ##-----------------------------------------------## |
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Can anyone help me fix my Skype?
"DA" wrote Don't you also have to pay for bandwidth with your satellite service? If so, I would not use Skype or any other VoIP service for that matter. Skype is even worse than others because your bandwidth will also be used by other people since it's a peer-to-peer service, meaning everyone shares. It would be fine if you had a broadband connection with free bandwidth but on a satellite Internet bandwidth charges could be steep. Charges to a non Skype user to call you, or you to call them are $.021 per minute, which converts to two cents a minute. As per bandwidth, we are not there long enough or often enough to approach the limitations. If one does get close, they just slow you down until you catch up with the quota. This is the last ditch resort to get some type of phone service at the cabin without getting an incredibly expensive satellite phone. Steve |
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Can anyone help me fix my Skype?
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"DA" wrote Don't you also have to pay for bandwidth with your satellite service? If so, I would not use Skype or any other VoIP service for that matter. Skype is even worse than others because your bandwidth will also be used by other people since it's a peer-to-peer service, meaning everyone shares. It would be fine if you had a broadband connection with free bandwidth but on a satellite Internet bandwidth charges could be steep. Charges to a non Skype user to call you, or you to call them are $.021 per minute, which converts to two cents a minute. As per bandwidth, we are not there long enough or often enough to approach the limitations. If one does get close, they just slow you down until you catch up with the quota. This is the last ditch resort to get some type of phone service at the cabin without getting an incredibly expensive satellite phone. Steve Is it in a totally remote area with absolutely no cell service in the general area? |
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Can anyone help me fix my Skype?
"George" wrote Is it in a totally remote area with absolutely no cell service in the general area? In order to use a cell, I have to drive about three miles up the mountain to a viewpoint. This is the common practice, but inconvenient at times.......... snowy, rainy, middle of the night ...... Plus, if it were an emergency situation, I might have trouble getting there to call in. A couple of my neighbors have strong cell phones and service, and claim that if they hang out their top window on a particular side, theirs works. Mine won't where I am. I am considering building a lookout tower out of telephone poles, but wouldn't know if it works from up there until after all the hard work. Steve |
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Can anyone help me fix my Skype?
SteveB wrote:
"George" wrote Is it in a totally remote area with absolutely no cell service in the general area? In order to use a cell, I have to drive about three miles up the mountain to a viewpoint. This is the common practice, but inconvenient at times.......... snowy, rainy, middle of the night ...... Plus, if it were an emergency situation, I might have trouble getting there to call in. A couple of my neighbors have strong cell phones and service, and claim that if they hang out their top window on a particular side, theirs works. Mine won't where I am. I am considering building a lookout tower out of telephone poles, but wouldn't know if it works from up there until after all the hard work. Steve Rent scaffolding and assemble a temporary test tower first. Also check my other post about functional VoIP over satellite. Pete C. |
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Can anyone help me fix my Skype?
On Aug 9, 10:52 am, "SteveB" wrote:
I am considering building a lookout tower out of telephone poles, but wouldn't know if it works from up there until after all the hard work. You might try an auxiliary antenna. I fastened my old Wilson truck driver-type to a length of PVC, fastened that to the house, ran the cable in through a crawlspace vent and into the dining room via a HVAC duct and improved my reception to an acceptable level. But I had *some* reception, however poor. You can pick up the antenna at any major truck stop chain, they have acceptable return policies. Of course about a month later a new tower came online... http://www.wilsonelectronics.com/Products.php?Type=D ----- - gpsman |
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