I have been testing Ooma for about 6 months and I have had mixed results. I currently have it hooked up to a UNIDEN cordless 5.8 GHz phone and I have been disappointed because of the unacceptable amount of dropped calls.
I would like to use Ooma as a replacement to my landline but I am concerned about the system's reliability. In order to facilitate its use and improve the location of the telo, I would need to incorporate a home plug. I purchased a NETGEAR 85Mps Powerline Network Adapter kit. I was able to hook it up and get the Ooma dialtone. I placed several test calls and all was good, except the calls would inexplicably drop.
I did a online test without the homeplug (results below) and scored a low 52% in Quality of Service. The test determined that the connection was unable to deliver a steady stream of service. What do I need to do to run Ooma effectively? I currently use Comcast broadband cable for my internet service. Thanks.
VoIP test statistics
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Jitter: you --> server: 0.6 ms
Jitter: server --> you: 2.5 ms
Packet loss: you --> server: 0.0 %
Packet loss: server --> you: 0.0 %
Packet discards: 0.0 %
Packets out of order: 0.0 %
Estimated MOS score: 4.1
Speed test statistics
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Download speed: 3957344 bps
Upload speed: 3930400 bps
Download quality of service: 52 %
Upload quality of service: 59 %
Download test type: socket
Upload test type: socket
Maximum TCP delay: 466 ms
Average download pause: 4 ms
Minimum round trip time to server: 85 ms
Average round trip time to server: 89 ms
Estimated download bandwidth: 13600000bps
Route concurrency: 3.4366484
Download TCP forced idle: 57 %
Maximum route speed: 6168000bps
I would like to use Ooma as a replacement to my landline but I am concerned about the system's reliability. In order to facilitate its use and improve the location of the telo, I would need to incorporate a home plug. I purchased a NETGEAR 85Mps Powerline Network Adapter kit. I was able to hook it up and get the Ooma dialtone. I placed several test calls and all was good, except the calls would inexplicably drop.
I did a online test without the homeplug (results below) and scored a low 52% in Quality of Service. The test determined that the connection was unable to deliver a steady stream of service. What do I need to do to run Ooma effectively? I currently use Comcast broadband cable for my internet service. Thanks.
VoIP test statistics
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Jitter: you --> server: 0.6 ms
Jitter: server --> you: 2.5 ms
Packet loss: you --> server: 0.0 %
Packet loss: server --> you: 0.0 %
Packet discards: 0.0 %
Packets out of order: 0.0 %
Estimated MOS score: 4.1
Speed test statistics
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Download speed: 3957344 bps
Upload speed: 3930400 bps
Download quality of service: 52 %
Upload quality of service: 59 %
Download test type: socket
Upload test type: socket
Maximum TCP delay: 466 ms
Average download pause: 4 ms
Minimum round trip time to server: 85 ms
Average round trip time to server: 89 ms
Estimated download bandwidth: 13600000bps
Route concurrency: 3.4366484
Download TCP forced idle: 57 %
Maximum route speed: 6168000bps