How do VOIP applications work over the StarBand connection?
In general lower consumer class services are not great at supporting VOIP over satellite on a consistent basis. Depending on the VOIP appliance, it works at times but there is often a delay, sometimes the conversation is garbled. In the past we have discouraged customers from trying to get acceptable VOIP servic over a consumer class Satellite service. However we have finally found a service that is optimized to work with satellite. By using a digital to analog box that is designed to work with VOIP servers that are specifically configured to work over a satellite connection we have been getting acceptable results. It is not like making a call on a land based copper wire or cell but if you have no other option it may be a good solution. Starband does not officially support VOIP and if you use this new service we cannot promise that Starband will not at some future point in time block the service.
