Hi,
I have a great SkypeIn number which I'd like to use for an agency which I've just started. It'd be really convenient to pick up calls to the SkypeIn number on my N95, using Fring, during office hours Mon-Fri, as I won't often be at my PC at those times.
My main concern is battery life and call quality. Has anyone used Fring for SkypeIn for any such purpose, ie left on for 8-9 hours per day? I imagine this would drain the battery very quickly in 3G mode. Would the battery suffer heavily with Fring left on in GSM mode? And would the call quality be inoperable using Fring with a GSM connection?
baffo
I can't say from experience but I would think, given the drain that 3G puts on battery, you'd be lucky to see 8 hours, probably more like 4-6. I don't think you could take calls over GPRS as it's be too slow to handle the throughput
Running Fring constantly on an N95 over 3G will flatten its battery in only a few hours. Keeping the open data connection is a killer. Running over GPRS however, no problems. I've stayed connected from 8am to 6pm and still had battery left. However, I use Skype on Fring just for IM and not for calls so can get away with using GPRS. I only ever switch to 3G when downloading big emails or doing some heavy web surfing that needs the faster speed. For my day to day use, GPRS is good enough. Skype calls over GPRS though won't work very well, so I guess in answer, you're a bit stuck.
EDIT - I just ran the Fring Test Call over GPRS and it seemed fine. Clear call and no lag. Not sure how different a Skype call would be (and no way to test it at the moment, sorry) but it may depend on how heavy the call data is. ie you may get lag if you're both talking at once. (I'm not too technically minded in this respect, soz. Also signal strength will come into it.
I'd stay away from Skype in running a business. Period.
Come on kontraband, you know better than to post unqualified opinions 😃
Why would you steer clear of skype?
I would steer clear of skype too. People use skype because it's "convenient" and probably don't know about other alternatives. I use voip on my N95 extensively, probably 95% of my calls (in both directions) are voip. In my opinion the voice quality of the built in SIP client is waaaaaaaay better than what fring does. For this reason I only use fring whe I have to. I guess if all your friends are on skype, you don't have other alternative, but if you want to run bussiness then get a regular SIP provider, in many cases you can get inbound US/UK/DE (landline!) numbers for free.
Is it not possible to use Skype over the built in SIP client? I don't know much about this area and I only use VOIP rarely.
3Shirts wrote:Come on kontraband, you know better than to post unqualified opinions 😃
Why would you steer clear of skype?
sorry yes, you are correct... :redface:
Skype is not an enterprise service, therefore not acceptable to me for use in business. If you intend to conduct professional business communication it has high importance. The fact that contention ratios can drop the quality so much on a skype call that its not worth it its wholly unacceptable to me as a business manager.
I think skype is great, and I can accept some bit of crappy call quallity when I'm calling mates in the US or where ever for 2 reasons... 1. Its free and 2, I'm talking rubbish anyway.
(I could go on but I think that's enough pre qualifying for my sweepeing statement from earlier!?)
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BTW, theres nothing WRONG with offering a skype option for many now-a-days so long as there is a phone contact too I guess.
md27514 wrote:I would steer clear of skype too. People use skype because it's "convenient" and probably don't know about other alternatives. I use voip on my N95 extensively, probably 95% of my calls (in both directions) are voip. In my opinion the voice quality of the built in SIP client is waaaaaaaay better than what fring does. For this reason I only use fring whe I have to. I guess if all your friends are on skype, you don't have other alternative, but if you want to run bussiness then get a regular SIP provider, in many cases you can get inbound US/UK/DE (landline!) numbers for free.
yes, true. I find that a lot of people in a business area are unaware of how VoIP works and they hear it they think, 'woohoo... free calls for me' when in actual fact its only free if both callers are using VoIP... not if your calling from VoIP to landline as clearly that part of the truck needs paying for.
3Shirts wrote:Is it not possible to use Skype over the built in SIP client? I don't know much about this area and I only use VOIP rarely.
No, Skype isn't SIP: it's a proprietary closed system and nobody seems to really understand how it works. It's initial cleverness was the fact that it was P2P, but the quality, perversely, gets worse as more people use it, and I really don't know how they cope with the fact that most people now are behind NAT firewalls.
I wouldn't use Skype for a business either. As well as the technical reasons, it just seems a bit - I don't know - cheap. A bit like making your company website with a FrontPage Theme, or giving out a hotmail address or having a .info or .biz domain. Also, don't forget that last year Skype went down globally for a few days. I think giving out only mobile numbers is always a bit iffy, too, and conjures-up images of dodgy car salesmen and cowboy builders. If it were me, I'd go with a SIP provider who gives out proper geographic numbers (not Truphone, either, because they give you a mobile number).
md27514 wrote:I would steer clear of skype too. People use skype because it's "convenient" and probably don't know about other alternatives. I use voip on my N95 extensively, probably 95% of my calls (in both directions) are voip. In my opinion the voice quality of the built in SIP client is waaaaaaaay better than what fring does. For this reason I only use fring whe I have to. I guess if all your friends are on skype, you don't have other alternative, but if you want to run bussiness then get a regular SIP provider, in many cases you can get inbound US/UK/DE (landline!) numbers for free.
md27514 i am also interested in n95 built in sip client to receive incoming calls using service like tpad via wifi. I registered with tpad and it works with fring for receiving incoming calls but when i turn off fring i don't receive incoming calls using n95 sip client!! could you tell me how to setup n95 so it receives incoming voip calls from services like tpad and...(tpad send me configuration sms and i installed it)?
My main goal is to utilize n95 sip client for receiving incoming calls from voip services like tpad and ...?Thank you and looking forward for your reply.