johnf
Regular Member
So I recently ditched the landline for a 4G router (Huawei B525s) on the Vodafone network. This has a feature where you can plug a normal landline phone into it, enter your VOIP details into the router and off you go. I'm using Sipgate.
I have a couple of problems with this. The phone calls themselves are very clear, but there is a lag which means one person hears a pause and starts talking, and the other person continues talking, they then both hear the other person talking and both stop. Would you call this latency?
Hoping to get some experience from other people. Is what I have described typical of using VOIP? Or is it because I am doing it va 4g? Or is it because the router just isn't very good at doing this?
The other problem I have, is sometimes someone will call me, my phone never rings, they get the ring tone. Next thing i get an e-mail saying I had a missed call (great feature).
This I think is a problem with the router, because if I go into the VOIP settings and change something it starts to work normally.
So my thoughts are. Would I be better off with a normal VOIP phone that is plugged into a network port and connecting to sipgate in its own way rather than the router doing that?
Or is what I have described (especially the latency) just typical of VOIP?
Thanks for any help!
I have a couple of problems with this. The phone calls themselves are very clear, but there is a lag which means one person hears a pause and starts talking, and the other person continues talking, they then both hear the other person talking and both stop. Would you call this latency?
Hoping to get some experience from other people. Is what I have described typical of using VOIP? Or is it because I am doing it va 4g? Or is it because the router just isn't very good at doing this?
The other problem I have, is sometimes someone will call me, my phone never rings, they get the ring tone. Next thing i get an e-mail saying I had a missed call (great feature).
This I think is a problem with the router, because if I go into the VOIP settings and change something it starts to work normally.
So my thoughts are. Would I be better off with a normal VOIP phone that is plugged into a network port and connecting to sipgate in its own way rather than the router doing that?
Or is what I have described (especially the latency) just typical of VOIP?
Thanks for any help!