VoIP over EVDO

This guy made a VoIP over EVDO phone call in his car using Vonage. Good stuff! I love this quote: "I got some really strange looks as I held this old fashion POTs line to my ear while parked in a parking lot. People walking by probably thought I was on the strangest cell phone ever."

For his tests, he used the following to make Vonage calls:

- Compaq Presario

- LinkSys RT31P2 VOIP router (included with VOIP server)

- Crossover Ethernet cable (need this if not using a router)

- Old fashion dialtone phone

- Radio Shack power Inverter, power for the router in the car

- EVDO Antenna (External Booster Antenna)
- EVDO TurboCharged PC 5220

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He also writes, "It will be interesting to see how cell phone companies handle this technology - especially as cell phones come standard with EVDO. Why? When placing VOIP calls over EVDO, the cell phone companies do not charge you against your plan or
minutes - so it is a way to make unlimited voice calls. I don't think they will like that too much."

Good point... Although, I bet the carriers would be ecstatic if you paid $30-$50 per month for cellphone voice service and another $70-$80 for a EVDO data plan.

Check out the VoIP over EVDO article.
Update: I've successfully made my own VoIP calls over EVDO, including Skype, fring, and SIP-based calls.smile


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2 Comments

Dear sir.
I have EV-Do sprint card, and a laptop,and voip adepter,
can u tell me in detail how to set it up,
and do i need to do anything when I hook it up. please advise
thank you very much.
I will very appreciate.

Have u measure about troughput,one way delay,jitter,packet loss when u r using VoIP over EV-DO?how the result?thanx..

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