FPL over Rogers 3g?

[microsysn]

Hello everyone,

earlier in december, I was able to use free phoneline using Mediafone with some lag, but wasnt able to hear anything when receiving calls. Then I bought the 729 codec, and everything fully stopped working since around mid december. It does not register onto FPL.

Does anyone know if this is a codec, SIP APP, or Rogers 3G issue? Is anyone still able to use it with Rogers 3g?

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[bridonca]

try another port, like 6060. Rogers has been known to block sip ports.

[microsysn]

Thanks for your help bridonca. Just few mins ago, after turning on "rport" ON, it registers, and I can make calls, and the person can hear me very clear over rogers 3g, however, I cannot hear anything.... even if I call any number.

Now it seems like a codec issue? I tried every combination...and no luck. Any suggestions?

[microsysn]

PS: changing port either proxy, and voip.freephoneline.ca port didn't seem to register me on the app.

[bridonca]

Another option I can think of is to sign up for a more flexible voip carrier like www.voxalot.com, and add freephoneline as one of voxalot's providers. What is mediaphone BTW?

[microsysn]

ok, will trythat.
Mediafone is a SIP app for the iphone...
I purchased the 729 codec for 3g.... and tried different combinatino of: G.729, 711ulaw, iSAC, iLBC, 711aLaw, g.722, etc

[FONGO_steve]

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[microsysn]

Ok sorry...
Now i was able to get it working with another provider's SIP settings which worked with the default settings..
Still no luck getting FPL working on SIP....
Now i noticed using it is draining the battery as it lasts around 6hrs, and usage/standby time is same...
Is this because the phone app is running as background service and it's killing the battery..
any way to overcome this? Thanks.

[bridonca]

Probably not. When the 3G is constantly on, it is hard on the battery, and for SIP, you kind of need the 3G constantly on if you want incoming calls.

[microsysn]

So right now i have to forward my ported # from fpl and using it with freecanadiancalls...which seems to work with default configuration (and just putting user ID/password/URL)....but FPL is still not working over Rogers 3G on the iphone. I even deleted all the setttings/configurations and started from scratch.... FCC seems to work with no problem....

It would be really great if i can get FPL working over rogers 3g on Iphone...is anyone actually doing this?

[microsysn]

PS: I'm using Mediafone with the 729 codecs....and tried every combination of codecs... when I make calls it's silent...and cannot get calls at all.

[laurent]

Does it work is you try use WiFi?

[microsysn]

yes everything works fine over Wifi when using the FPL SIP. but not other 3g.

[curriegrad2004]

AFIAK, Roger's 3G internet is NATted, so getting it to work is quite a pain...

[tbrummell]

I use Sipdroid, csipsimple & Linphone on my Android based Captivate to my home Asterisk server (via Rogers 3G) with no problems. It isn't a pain for me as stated above. I have not tried connecting directly to FPL with it though.

[laurent]

I tried it with Siphon and it works great. Only problem is that the application has to be left running in order to receive a call, as a limitation of the iPhone prevents it from receiving calls in the background.

[microsysn]

For me, it gives a push notification box when I get incoming calls on mediafone, and my phone is not jailbroken.
If you minimize ur application, you do not get incoming calls?