iPhone to get Skype

fxit_man said:
But it will cost you an arm and a leg on 3G tho!?
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lol, fring claims to use 8MB per hour, and as far as I've seen, that's proven to be pretty accurate.

Even WITHOUT a data plan, it works out to R2X8mb=R16 PER HOUR.

Is R16 per hour an arm and a leg in your books for the service you get?
 
alkit said:
lol, fring claims to use 8MB per hour, and as far as I've seen, that's proven to be pretty accurate.

Even WITHOUT a data plan, it works out to R2X8mb=R16 PER HOUR.

Is R16 per hour an arm and a leg in your books for the service you get?
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Had no idea the data usage was that low for such a VOIP service.

In that case, that's great!
 
Hey guys

I'm currently investigating the VoIP issue with regards to MTN and Vodacom so you can expect a response from both subscribers within the next few days.
 
alkit said:
lol, fring claims to use 8MB per hour, and as far as I've seen, that's proven to be pretty accurate.

Even WITHOUT a data plan, it works out to R2X8mb=R16 PER HOUR.

Is R16 per hour an arm and a leg in your books for the service you get?
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Thanks for that little gem...always wondered at how much the data cost is to fring.... like I mentioned previously, for me it's super bargain to fringing family overseas on my cell.

It's just too bad that running fring for longer than 7 hours (without making phone calls) will eat up a fully charged nokia E65, otherwise it would be perfect.
 
Garyvdh said:
Rubbish! Who told you that? I have been using VOIP on the Vodacom network since 2005. I know they always reserved the right to charge for VOIP, but those rumours died a few years back.

I also like Fring a lot. The client is very robust and the compression codec can work with as little bandwidth as possible.

Skype's software does have some limitations, if you find that to be the case, then Fring is your best bet.

(all on Nokia phones of course... I don't have an iPhone... yet!) :p
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Why would you do that? 2005? using GPRS and R35/MB?
Thats just stupid!:p
 
vodacom3g said:
Like the iPhone is Unix, so by nature it's superior to Nokia with its proprietary OS? ;)

Come now, you're a clever boy. Give us the technical details why Truphone is superior to Fring. You can start by answering my two questions.
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Eish - some people are so lazy you have to hand them everything on a silver plate.

TruPhone uses AMR-NB, so it is pretty much the same a normal AMA voice call, only better cause it is VOIP.

If VOIP is your thing, then TruPhone is the real deal. If you just want to chat to your buddies on Gtalk and Skype and WhatNotElse then you can think about Fring.

http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com/2008/12/11/forget-fring-use-truphone/ (thats from an iPhone site)
 
Rouxenator said:
Eish - some people are so lazy you have to hand them everything on a silver plate.

TruPhone uses AMR-NB, so it is pretty much the same a normal AMA voice call, only better cause it is VOIP.

If VOIP is your thing, then TruPhone is the real deal. If you just want to chat to your buddies on Gtalk and Skype and WhatNotElse then you can think about Fring.

http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com/2008/12/11/forget-fring-use-truphone/ (thats from an iPhone site)
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So, answer my two questions on bandwidth and codecs, if you don't mind?
 
Fring uses G.711 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.711) and its nowhere near as good as the more modern AMR-NarrowBand.
It is gratifying to see that all the effort that we put into getting the AMR-NB codec configuration in Truphone is really appreciated. The difference in RTP payload between AMR-NB and the more widely used G.711 codec is about a quarter (AMR-NB consuming around 18-20 kbps worst case versus around 80 kbps for G.711). The end result is that Truphone offers excellent voice quality in situations where others croak!
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Also, SIP enabling software like TruPhone installs into the OS of your SmartPhone and it is less CPU intensive meaning that your phone will last longer with TruPhone enabled on it than it will with Fring open on it (over the same connections and signal conditions).
 
Rouxenator said:
Fring uses G.711 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.711) and its nowhere near as good as the more modern AMR-NarrowBand.


Also, SIP enabling software like TruPhone installs into the OS of your SmartPhone and it is less CPU intensive meaning that your phone will last longer with TruPhone enabled on it than it will with Fring open on it (over the same connections and signal conditions).
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80Kb/s for Fring?

I was in their labs a while ago and measured a typical call at below 15Kb/s....:confused:
 
G.711 is still inferior to AMR-NB - fullstop. No matter what throughput you get with it, it remains andolder and less efficient codec.

I think you just need to admit that you are out of your field here and that the whole "but why, but why, but why" routine is a not helping your cause.

Sure, Fring has its place, but VOIP aint that place.
 
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