[guardian-dev] OStel: from India to Portlandia

[Nathan of Guardian]

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I just called a friend in Portland, Oregon, USA via OStel/ZRTP using
my Idea 3G SIM card here in India on a Galaxy Nexus running 4.1.1/JB.
I paid 150rps ($3USD) to active the voice/plan, and then an additional
249rps ($5USD) for a 1GB plan. I had to provide copies of my passport
and visa to get activated, but no local address.

HSPDA+ seems to be active here, and I have a strong four bar signal in
a location not unlike a popular rural ski resort in the US. I haven't
done speed test yet, but it is most likely in the 3mbps down range,
and the .5 up.

Due to the fact that VoIP, especially not lawful intercept encrypted
VoIP, is not really legal here, I should probably be running this
through OpenVPN to the US, but I am not for now. Will see if anyone
knocks on my door.

The call worked perfectly the first time, and we talked for about 20
minutes with very little latency or lag. I made a second call as well,
once we hung up, and it worked great again. I then deactivated mobile
data on my phone, to go back to the wifi in the house.

The prepaid mobile service sends you an SMS periodically with usage
info so you know where your balance stands. This is the message I
received just after the call completed:

"Dear Custom your data usage: Cost: Rs.0.00 Vol: 10.799MB, Duration:
0.28.28(Hr.Min.Sec), Bal Volume Pk1: 1012.74MB, Validity ends on
10.10.2012".

In short, the call used up 10MB of my 1GB plan, effectively costing me
about 2rps (or 4 cents?) for a 20 minute verifiable encrypted call to
Portland, Oregon from rural India. Not bad at all.

Anyone else have reports on OSTN/OSTel use from the field?

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