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How do I use Sprint Mobile Broadband as a VOIP Phone?
I have the Sprint Mobile Broadband PMCIA Card from Pantech. I was told by a Sprint Representative that since this card has a phone number and is data I can use it for VOIP. He would not say how since they do not explicitly provide the service. I would like to know how I could use this card to make and receive calls. I have attempted to search for myself and have found nothing substantial other than vague references to the ability to do this and lots of reviews on it. And for those who say it isnt fast enough. Vonage uses 90kb/s. I am in EVDO and get arroximately 500kb/s. I have seen information stating that VOIP can be done but won't state what software suite to use or what settings to configure them with. In addition. This is my source of home internet. There is no moving. It stays stationary and barring severe weather have stayed with a 500+kb/s connection with fairly low latency. I am able to play several online games with a constant ping below 100. Skype, Yahoo Voice, and several others work fine. What I am trying to do is to link the phone number given by Sprint to a software suite. According to the Sprint tech, all I would need to do is use a VOIP software suite and configure it to connect through Sprint. Since they do not explicitly offer this service for the cards (only for the newer phones) they cannot inform me of the settings. I am very familiar with everything else. What I need is the specific software suite and the settings. Since I know without a doubt this has been done I am hoping someone on here has done it.
Public Comments
- The problem is not one of speed but of latency. Your wireless broadband connection has too much latency to work well with VOIP. Latency can be thought of as delay. Too much delay and the packets don't arrive on time and the call breaks down. Depending on your cell connection with the broadband sometimes it may be acceptable sometimes it will be awful and it will change as you go from tower to tower. Clearly you don't understand the workings of CDMA if you think just because you are stationary you are always working with the same tower or mobile unit. Since you're not willing to listen and think you know it all I leave you with the advice that what you are thinking you can do because some technician told you so won't work.
