Wifi calling from Droid Maxx

[jfriend33]

I am going to be traveling this weekend. I guess I'll be paying $14 for an in flight wifi pass from gogo.

I guess I could use grooveip and Google voice to make and receive calls but it's never been fully reliable.

Anyone out there have a suggestion? I tried using Skype for video calling and that didn't work.

Thanks!

Sent from my XT1080m using xda-developers app.

EDIT:

After doing some research I am finding mixed answers. It seems like half the people say when using gogo vpn, voip is blocked as a courtesy measure to other passengers....but google voice texting still works. And the other half say they have quietly been able to make a few phone calls with no issue.

Interesting.

 

[thefloyd]

If you're somewhat technically savvy you could try and setup a VPN connection and VoIP (use a generic SIP provider) over that. If you had a working VPN (gogo is unlikely to block those, as they'd kill off their core business - business travelers), you could use a VoIP app no matter where it was blocked as all traffic would be encrypted and tunneled and not visible to the provider (gogo in this case). I VPN back to home if I'm using SIP apps anyway because I'm too lazy to set up encrypted connections and I once had someone steal my credentials when roaming with a SIP app in Europe a couple of years ago.

I'd recommend avoiding things like skype. They're not well optimized for the quality of connection you'd get via gogo. I'd recommend something like csipsimple with a cheap/free/per-minute SIP provider. The downside is the g729 codec - which is what you'd want in this case as it carries "toll quality" voice at 8 kilobits/sec - costs $9 to license due to patent issues.

I am going to be traveling this weekend. I guess I'll be paying $14 for an in flight wifi pass from gogo.

I guess I could use grooveip and Google voice to make and receive calls but it's never been fully reliable.

Anyone out there have a suggestion? I tried using Skype for video calling and that didn't work.

Thanks!

Sent from my XT1080m using xda-developers app.

EDIT:

After doing some research I am finding mixed answers. It seems like half the people say when using gogo vpn, voip is blocked as a courtesy measure to other passengers....but google voice texting still works. And the other half say they have quietly been able to make a few phone calls with no issue.

Interesting.