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Starband Satellite VOIP ServiceAfter testing this 3rd party VoIP service for a few weeks we are quite impressed with it. It will allow you to connect to VoIP servers specially configured to work over a consumer class satellite Internet service like Starband or HughesNet. Now you can make calls all over the world for pennies Even if you do not want to use it as a satellite VOIP internet service, it's worth getting because of it's low unlimited pricing for telephone calls. If you use it with a terrestial DSL or cable Broadband connection the quality is superb and comparable to Vonage and any other VOIP service. That it works fairly well over Starband and Hughes net is a great bonus. This service, when used as a satellite VOIP connection is not sold as a perfect service. There are times, particularly during periods of peak network congestion, when the voice might be choppy. You may also experience the first 10 to 20 seconds of a call to be worse than the remainder of the call. This is because it takes awhile for the service to begin to compress the audio and adjust to the satellite delay. Somtimes you may have to call back 1-3 times to get it to work right. However, as pointed out, it is one of the few that seems to work fairly well as a satellite VOIP service over Starband and HughesNet. We cannot guarantee that at some point in the future, Starband or another satellite service provider won't decide to block the service. We don't want to convey the impression that it is going to be like a regular land or cell call when used over a satellite connection, just that so far it is the best satellite VOIP service we have found for use over Starband and other consumer class satellite internet services . Certainly, it is not at all comparable to our Spacenet commercial carrier grade digital voice service plan, which is very high quality and guaranteed. We will activate the service and secure a telephone number in an area code of your choice. You must supply a good quality head set with built in microphone for the software based PC / MAC version or a regular telephone if you want to use the digital to analog adapter box. Once we build your account we will send you a link to download the software based phone, your account information and instructions on how to set it up. If you order the digital to analog adapter box we will also configure and ship that box to you. You can then plug in any telephone to use the service in addition to the software based headset way to make calls. Remember either way you need to supply a good quality headset with microphone if you are going to use just the software PC/ MAC version or a regular telephone if you are going to use the digital to analog adapter box. The service per month is: $9.95 for unlimited calling in the USA ( uses a higher bandwidth G.711 compression codec so it is not suitable for use over a satellite link, only supported on DSL, Cable or other terrestrial broadband services), $15.95 per month for unlimited calling in the USA and Canada ( uses the G.729 compression codec which uses as low as 8Kbps and is suitable for use over a satellite connection ) $19.95 for unlimited calling to the USA and 20 other countries, including Mexico ( ( uses the G.729 compression codec which uses as low as 8Kbps and is suitable for use over a satellite connection ) Equipment and activation is: Activation with a telephone number in an area code of your choice and you supply the headset is $39.95 Please order here ( this software version is good for PC or MAC) Activation with a telephone number in an area code of your choice and a preconfigured digital to analog adpater box so you can use a regular telephone is $124.95 and includes shipping to anywhere in the USA. Please order here. Guarantee: 30 day money back guarantee on the digital to analog box. 10 day money back guarantee on the activation fee. Customer must return the equipment in the original box at their shipping expense within the guarantee period. |
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