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Old 25-01-2018, 02:09   #31
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Re: Is a Wi-Fi booster/antenna the best choice for VOIP?

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Thanks for that tip. A few, like you, have said that cell phone options are making Wi-Fi obsolete. But since my business calls are required to go through VOIP, wouldn't I be better off with Wi-Fi? Or are the cell network signals a good choice for calling through an internet site? Also, some responders have the impression that I am looking for free Wi-Fi; not the case. I would sign up for a week or month depending on travel plans.
VOIP needs an internet connection. As long as it's fast enough with good latency, it doesn't matter if it's wifi, cellular, landline, tin cans and a string...whatever.

Keep in mind with a lot of these comments:
- Some people missed the VOIP aspect. If you are just downloading email, you can get by with some pretty marginal wifi but when you try VOIP, the connection can be horrible or it can keep dropping the call.
- Some of the good wifi responses assume PAID wifi. You would have to check the individual pricing plans but I've found most are fairly expensive unless you are in one place long term or you need a massive amount of data transferred over a short period of time. By itself, VOIP uses data but you can do quite a bit of talking on a gig of data.
- Free high speed is a lot less common on the water though you can often go to the local library or a coffee shop and use theirs but that's not really what you were after with a range booster.
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Old 25-01-2018, 08:41   #32
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Re: Is a Wi-Fi booster/antenna the best choice for VOIP?

We have a Wirie Pro that we use for wi-fi booster. It also includes the larger cell antenna for use when inserting a SIM. We use the wi-fi booster quite a bit, but haven't used the cell antenna yet. I have an international phone and have SIMS for the islands that I visit and use it as a hotspot when wi-fi is slow or unavailable. I work remotely 5 days a week from this setup.
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Re: Is a Wi-Fi booster/antenna the best choice for VOIP?

T Mobile has unlimited data in a great number of countries. We used it all over Asia last year. No searching for WiFi. But I have to say that the data in some places was too slow to be useable for even simple tasks like email.

It's really nice to be surfing the web or using weather apps like Windy while sailing a few miles offshore.
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Thank you for this hint. I browse their site and did not understood ALL.
Is that Skyroam linked to a satellite, independent of any other cel provider.
I am looking for a Bahamas internet service but in the country list they specify places like Bermudas ... but not Bahamas, do they consider as a USA place ?

If this is a LTE satellite service ... too nice to be true !!! Hope it is ?
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Re: Is a Wi-Fi booster/antenna the best choice for VOIP?

OUPS ! reading futher in the Contact pages I found that Skyroam is using the local cel network ?
So if I am too far from a cellular antenna, of any company, I will have to connection. This is just a global SIM... but you need to be within a couple of miles from the antenna.
Am I wright ?
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Been connected everyday like this for over two years with no issues, no problems. Always connected when in site of a tower.
Where are you sailing. Are the antenna towers close from your sailing area.
I am looking if in the Bahamas a 20mi distance from any antenna is possible to get a "constant connection".
How about Skyroam...
https://www.skyroam.com

At our cottage on border of a large lake I can get cel antenna over 15 miles distance... is the Skyroam can do the job ? or need the NeptuLink ?
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