Data card with Voice?

horsessmellfunny · Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:57 pm Post subject: Data card with Voice?

What cards, if any support the voice capability? I have an AC 580. I do know it does not. Does thte Merlin S620 support voice? It doesnt seem to be something even worth doing. Simply because there is a thing called VOIP. Plus, a cell phone is that much easier. I have only used my laptop and surfed the net while driving once. Wasnt very easy lol. I was actually a rolling AP for my friend. I shared my connection on my wifi card, he picked it up, and we drove along the insterstate for about 10 miles. The further away we would get, the more packets he would lose. It was also funny to IM each other while driving. Needless to say, I will never do that again.

Mark Walter · Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:41 pm Post subject:

I have the Merlin S620... no voice capablity to my knowledge.

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Michael · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:31 am Post subject:

I wouldn't recommend getting an EVDO card specifically to use VOIP - you will not be a happy camper. The latency may not be good enough to have a usuable VOIP call. A lot of factors. I have had pretty good VOIP calls in the past, BUT if I was getting an EVDO card specifically for VOIP, you wouldn't be happy with the overall quality.
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horsessmellfunny · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:40 am Post subject:

VOIP really wont be usable until Rev A. Its OK now like you said, but really not anything to rely on. I was just wondering about a card that woud support voice. I guess there arent any that do that. They can barely get TXT'ing down lol.

Scott · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:08 am Post subject:

I think you're meaning like a cell phone, right? Voice one minute, then data the next? (tethering) EVDO cards are data only. Seems to me Windows users *were* doing this with GSM/GPRS/EDGE wireless cards. I've only used a Sony Ericsson EDGE card on my Mac.