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mr_jmdk

mr_jmdk

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Hello Everyone,

Been doing some ready on various posts and trying to get some clarity on VOIP and LTE.

Currently running a mirco business, in Maitland Cape Town and looking at some cost reductions. So needing some advice. I currently have a 20meg ADSL line with telkom and FatPipe 200gig account with VOX. Paying around +/-R1100 monthly. Telkom ADSL contract coming to the end and looking at getting LTE because the only Fibre I can get in thr area is business fibre at R5500 a month.

Looking to reduce my costs as much as possible and not get tied into contracts. See webafrica offers LTE uncapped for R899.00 monthly and then tought of addinf Freshphone. I ideally would just like to port my geographical number to a cellphone or possibly 2.

Not sure im making sense end if the day I want to save as much as possible and also mke things less complicated with contracts etc.

Any advice will be appreciated.

Thanks Jay
 
Well you have 2 options really but might need to sacrifice some data allocation.

Telkom Uncapped data capped speed 10Mbps until 150GB - R899
Telkom Capped data 120GB+120GB sim only R699 or R759 with Router - Axxess
Telkom Capped data 220GB+220GB sim only R999 or R1059 with Router - Axxess
MTN Fixed LTE capped data 100GB+100GB sim only R599 - Supersonic
MTN Fixed LTE capped data 150GB+150GB sim only R799 - Supersonic

These deals are month to month no contracts.

Then Freshphone is also prepaid no monthly fee. Some routers allows for VOIP otherwise you would need to get a ATA to sort that issue out if they don't.
 
I would still if costs allow, put in a separate small link, maybe 5gb and dedicate it for you VOIP, that way your internet traffic will never effect your Voice Quality.
 
dillydog said:
I would still if costs allow, put in a separate small link, maybe 5gb and dedicate it for you VOIP, that way your internet traffic will never effect your Voice Quality.
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When you say put in a small link, what do you mean?

We will be moving to VoIP and have been advised its best to not use voice and data at the same time but will give it a go for a test period.
 
ronnie_94 said:
When you say put in a small link, what do you mean?

We will be moving to VoIP and have been advised its best to not use voice and data at the same time but will give it a go for a test period.
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If you are using LTE get a separate LTE router with a prepaid simcard that is used for VOIP only.

A Rain simcard on pay as you use is ideal. You literally just pay for the data you use so you disable wifi on the VOIP router and just have it for VOIP. You might use like 200mb most probably depending on how many calls you make.
 
cavedog said:
If you are using LTE get a separate LTE router with a prepaid simcard that is used for VOIP only.

A Rain simcard on pay as you use is ideal. You literally just pay for the data you use so you disable wifi on the VOIP router and just have it for VOIP. You might use like 200mb most probably depending on how many calls you make.
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Thanks, will keep that in mind when we make the switch.
 
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ronnie_94 said:
When you say put in a small link, what do you mean?

We will be moving to VoIP and have been advised its best to not use voice and data at the same time but will give it a go for a test period.
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Was your test satisfactory? We are within the MTN and presumably other mast areas.
 
roister-doister said:
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Was your test satisfactory? We are within the MTN and presumably other mast areas.
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Have not had any issues so far, use both data and voip at the same time.

We use Telkom Lte and Euphoria.

Our office is not very heavy with internet usage.

roister-doister said:
I can't even use WhatsApp on RAIN as the signal comes and goes. Can you recommend other ISPs who offer VOIP? No likelihood of fibre soon where we are in Margate KZN
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Link Connect seems to be trying to get things going down on the Coast http://linkconnect.co.za/index.php?rp=/announcements/1/Fibre-to-the-South-Coast.html.
 
roister-doister said:
I can't even use WhatsApp on RAIN as the signal comes and goes. Can you recommend other ISPs who offer VOIP? No likelihood of fibre soon where we are in Margate KZN
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Rain is terrible, sometimes would get 2mb speeds with high latency, resulting in voip calls lagging etc

Mtn lte solved the problem. Router qos is also important if using data and voip together
 
For voice exclusively, you'll probably need no more than 2-3Gb per month tops for calls. For a small company of 2-5 extensions of course.
 
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