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I tried to do this with my Mifi-only plan (grandfatherd 3G unlimited for $60) with VZW and an external battery (1800mAh w/ correct adapter), and it worked well
by 18pfsmt 15y ago
I tried to do this with my Mifi-only plan (grandfatherd 3G unlimited for $60) with VZW and an external battery (1800mAh w/ correct adapter), and it worked well on occasion, But, for the 80% of the time the ping-times (~150ms) made it untenable, esp. while moving in a car (often ~230ms). When I had <50ms it was fine. This was using Gizmo5/Gvoice/Sip client, in the Denver metro area, and spring/ summer '09, so perhaps this has changed.
- technomancy 15y agoI'm curious how this works on CDMA networks. With GSM, you just take your SIM from the store and pop it in your phone. With CDMA I assume you need them to transfer the plan to the phone at the store? They don't balk at all at setting up a phone with a data-only plan? For the record I had trouble with Gizmo + SipDroid too; once I switched to sipgate.com I got much clearer calls. Apparently Gizmo prefered a proprietary codec that was only implemented in the Gizmo client and needed to fall back to a lower-quality codec with other clients. Sipgate on the other hand works great, though the integration with Google Voice isn't as tight.
- 18pfsmt 15y agoA Mifi is a mobile router (EV-DO>>> wifi), I simply sold my usb modem, and then bought a brand new Mifi for full price. I never gave Gizmo5 a dime, but it was the same performance with my Flowroute[1] setup, and even my own Milkfish[2] setup. This gets a bit complicated (why nobody else bothers) rather quickly, but I'd be happy to share more info if you have interest. [1]http://flowroute.com/ http://flowroute.com/ [2]http://www2.milkfish.org.sipwerk.com/ http://www2.milkfish.org.sipwerk.com/