Hows Iburst with skype?

[w1z4rd]

Hey there,

Has anyone tried this on iburst? whats it like? latency, quality etc?

 

[nocilah]

i tried it about a month ago with a friend in England. Skype to Skype. Also phoned another friend in scotland and wasnt bad at all. I dont really use Skype that often cuz of the cap... although it doesn't really chew too much bandwidth i find msn is a better low bandwidth option at the moment.

lately with the iburst network as it is i wouldnt even try it on Skype out...

overall latency is about a 1 - 2 second delay with people. both times i have used Skype on iburst i have found the qaulity good.

 

[LandyMan]

I use Skype almost on a daily basis. Conference calls to Paris mostly, in the region of 30-60 minutes per call, with no problems/hickups whatsoever, and crystal clear

 

[Makedon]

Well it works some how...sometimes just disconnects...Its better when using skype on skype but if you would like to call someone on normal line than is a bit criple...but yeah it works ok...not bad!

 

[DFantom]

Skype works fine on iBurst

 

[Kei]

Some people tell me it doesn't work. Haven't tried it though. Methinks the MTU is to blame

 

[QuadDamage]

Skype works very well - converence calles 2 friends last night. Cape town & Pretoria. Was on about 2 hours with no problems.

 

[slimothy]

yeah it works fine,

 

[LandyMan]

I haven't tried it while capped. Anybody tested it on the throttled line?

 

[slimothy]

yepp, its kinda like skype on dial up then, you lose a bit of the voice quality but its still fine

 

[Makedon]

Well when i`m capped i dont even want to connect on skype coz i know what i can expect

 

[markslingsby]

Hi,

We called New Zealand the other night on Skype using a cordless Skype Dualphone . Works like a charm!

We have also used it to call the US, UK and we are saving lots of $$. Up to 90%!

 

[Daveogg]

Yea Mark i phone NZ practically everyday on the dual phone, quite an amazing thing to wander around the garden chatting to friends in NZ costing 1/3 of what it would cost to phone my neighbors 40m away.

 

[fairlady]

Hi,

I am not capped and have had good calls (Skype-to-Skype) but in the past 3 weeks all of my calls have been a nightmare - I speak to the US and I the quality of the voice received is great but on their end it is bad - like they have to wait for my reply for a couple of minutes (yes, minutes!). These problems make me just quit it.
I will be giving it a try now that WBS supplied me with an antenna (though it doesn't help the speed much esp. during the day) and will be hoping it works.
By the way, apparently I connect to the Northcliff tower. Seems like speeds depend on your location.