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Problems using cell phones over WiFi
I have an android phone capable of making calls using WiFi when no cell service is available. I have Hughes net Gen 5 and when I make calls I can hear the person on the other end very clearly, but t...
Hello Rebyroo, cell over WiFi generally will not work well on satellite due to the high latency (ping). There is no remedy for the latency because the satellite is so far up in space.
Hello Rebyroo, cell over WiFi generally will not work well on satellite due to the high latency (ping). There is no remedy for the latency because the satellite is so far up in space.
Does Hughesnet offer a VOIP modem for use with cell phones? I’d pay extra.
Hughes offers Huges Voice as their VOIP but it's not for use with your existing cell phone. $45/month if I remember correctly?
We canceled Hughes Voice when we upgraded to Gen5 as advised by our local tech. Wi-Fi calling worked great for the first couple of months with the Gen5 but recently we've been experiencing all the problems many have expressed in this thread. Very frustrating because we can hear the person on the other end just fine. Texting works well too.I tried to hook up the T-Mobile wifi extender and after wasting a full day got a somewhat straight answer from Hughs.. The ports used by T-Mobile are closed on the Gen 5, I can only assume so that we are forced to buy their service? Odd that my wifi calling worked so well when I first got hooked up and not so well now, kinda don't believe it is the ping since it worked fine for a month!!
For months I had good wifi calling on my iphone, then it stopped working. I have wasted hours and hours and hours trying to restore wifi calling with my iphone, the hughes net techs are so ignorant that they failed to mention that without consistant upload speeds of 2 mg/sec it will not work. Hughesnet can provide perfect wifi calling, but chooses not to. And fails to train their techs to give straight and honest answers, it a lie to tell you that is it not possible. ITS A NIGHTMARE TO BE CUT OFF FROM YOUR SMART PHONE AND FORCED TO USE A CRAPPY JACKED DUMB PHONE FOR $40 PER MONTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO ONE CALLING WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT NUMBER TO CALL WHAT NUMBER TO SEND TEXTS TO. I HAVE LOST $$$$$$$ AND MY SOCIAL LIFE HAS CRASHED. AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Whether WiFi calling will or won't work with HughesNet, or any other satellite ISP, is irrelevant, as HughesNet does not support it. If people can get it to work, that's fine, but there is absolutely no guarantee that it will work, nor are the reps or techs required to help people to get it to work, nor answer any technical questions about it, as again, HughesNet does not support WiFi calling.
Secondly, regardless of upload speed, the major issue with WiFi calling is latency. Blame physics, not HughesNet.
As you know, HughesNet offers their own VOIP service.
You might want to think about branching out if your entire social life is tied to your ability to make cell calls over WiFi.
You might want to think about branching out if your entire social life is tied to your ability to make cell calls over WiFi.
Your high and mighty response to a previous poster:
Was that really necessary? I suggest a litte more maturity when posting on this community.
Who do you think you are? Professor.....
I have zero bars but texting works. My advice is to text more:smileyvery-happy:
alfrescowrote:I have zero bars but texting works. My advice is to text more:smileyvery-happy:
Yep. Texting seems to work even when you can't get enough of a signal to talk or connect to the net.
And people can still use their smart phones with the HughesNet WiFi, just not for WiFi calling. I often check Facebook and such on my phone through WiFi when my desktop is not on.
