So Alfie has been using VoipStunt all day every day since he found the service. I on the other hand, have not. I’ve used it a good amount of time to test it out.
First I phoned my business partner Hetty using it. I asked her what she thought of it as we talked. Being diplomatic she started, "Well………….". She hated it. I was forgiving the delay and the various little cut-outs. She was not. Good news, I suppose, because I wanted a direct opinion from a non-geek. It was usable, … you know, hey, it’s free… but after a few minutes I stopped and switched to calling her via www.jajah.com. I wonder if it’s my wi-fi that just can’t handle the latency or something.
Then I thought I’d try out calling Keith in Canada. He was well up for the challenge of testing it — he gave me his home landline (not his VOIP) so we could do a good proper test. Alas, there was a good 1 or 2 second delay 😐
Usable. It was usable, just, not good for a real-time discussion. You need to be disciplined to expect and accept the latency and adjust around it. I’ll try it again some more…