VOIP on Three 3G Broadband?

godskitchen

I was in the UK last week and saw that Three (UK) are advertising the use of VOIP on their network for international calls............

I am thinking about getting the Three data servce (3Gb package) would it let me use VOIP or would it block it like Vodafone do?

Also how much bandwidth will VOIP use on a reasonable setting? Would i have to be watching the clock on a 3Gb package?

Will Three increase this package anytime soon?

Thanks guys!

Blaster99

Neither block VoIP (to my knowledge) and it's not really all that bandwidth intensive. The problem is packet loss and latency. Both do bads things to VoIP. I made a couple of test calls when I first got Vodafone 3G and I seem to recall they were very choppy. Even Skype runs into problems every now and then and Skype is massively better at dealing with poor connections than a typical VoIP codec.

godskitchen

I am pretty sure Vodafone do block it, or at least try to..........i remember reading something with i got my data card, only i wasnt bothered as i can only get GPRS with vodafone.

smellslikeshoes

Vodafone dont block it but its against the terms of the contract so if they knew you were using it they would disconnect you.

Blaster99

I ran Blueface's network testing utility over Voda 3G (HSDPA) earlier and the packet loss and jitter is all over the place. You couldn't hold anything resembling a conversation over that connection. It's particularly bad in the upstream direction.

Solair

3 plan to roll out a product called X-Series fairly soon. It includes skype apparently

Check www.three.ie and click on the X-Series link.

Doubt blueface would work over a HSPDA link (at least at current speeds) the latency would be terrible.

godskitchen

why would skype work and not blueface?