canam101
join:2005-02-18
| Report on Voicestick - Day 2 Voicestick test - day 2
Called a relative in the US about 5pm edt, using the ata.
Everything was dandy for 10 minutes or so, then we were
disconnected. I tried dialing again, but the connection dropped
after a few seconds.
My relative dialed my voicestick number; the phone rang, but the
connection wasn't there or was quickly dropped.
Then I used skype, which worked like a charm for the rest
of the conversation.
After we finished, I used skype to dial the voicestick number, using
the ata, but the connection was gone before it had hardly been made.
I disconnected the ata, and ran the voicestick softphone, and again
used skype to call the voicestick number. Same problem.
After about 10 more minutes I tried again, calling the softphone via
skype, and this time the connection was maintained until I hung up -
4 or 5 minutes.
Then I connected the ata and called again. The phone rang and the
connection was made and maintained for about 11 minutes, until I
hung up.
So, it sounds like voicestick isn't up to landline-phone standards,
or even broadvoice standards, judging from my year with broadvoice.
But that was only one incident, and I have a while to go before my
$10 credit runs out, or I give up on the service. |
