How to Get Live Streaming and Business Calls Without Connectivity Issues
Audio that turns robotic mid-sentence, video that dissolves into blocks, a call that hangs up on its own: all three point at one thing, an internet connection that keeps missing beats.
Speedify is an app that runs your internet over Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, Ethernet, Starlink and other internet connections together. Speedify’s Streaming Mode goes one step further and can send a second copy of your call data down a second internet connection, so nothing is missing when one of them stumbles. That needs two or more internet connections; on a single connection Speedify works as an encrypted VPN and cannot stop that connection from dropping.
Speedify keeps the call running when the internet connection fails
This page walks through what breaks calls in the first place, what Streaming Mode does about it, and where Streaming Mode sits in Speedify.
Streaming Mode works with calls and live streams in apps such as:
Causes for Streaming Apps Issues Like Buffering, Stuttering and Disconnects
So why does this happen? It’s usually related to the quality of your Internet connection. Most of the time it’s one of the following:
- Other services hogging the internet bandwidth. At some point there might not be enough left to send and receive the audio and video packets that Zoom or Google Meet needs;
- Slow Internet speed. Some Internet connections just aren’t fast enough to send and receive the streaming packets;
- High packet loss. Internet connections are dropping network packets, so Zoom / Google Meet misses parts of the audio or video. This usually happens at the edge of the range on wireless connections like Wi-Fi and cellular.
And if you’re moving while using the internet (riding on trains and buses, for example), you can experience all of these things in one call. That’s because the coverage varies as you travel through hills and tunnels and bridges.
How Streaming Mode Works in Speedify
This is where Speedify’s Streaming Mode steps in. In Streaming Mode, Speedify automatically detects audio and video streams. It does that by looking at packet headers, and the patterns in the packets being sent and received. This lets it recognize calls from almost any application. By watching the flow of packets, Speedify can determine:
- how much bandwidth the app is trying to use, and
- whether or not it is getting the capacity it requires.
Once Speedify has identified the streams, it does several things for them:
- Maintains Quality of Service (QoS) to make sure they get the connectivity they need versus other services. Speedify prioritizes streaming traffic over other types of web traffic. Things like web browsing, backups and software updates won’t mess up your calls and live streams.
- Combines connections for faster internet speed. In the most common example, when your Wi-Fi connection is not fast enough for the streams you’re using, Speedify will start sending traffic using your other active connections, such as 4G/5G cellular.
Speedify can split single streams across multiple internet connections. Speedify can send some packets on Wi-Fi, some on cellular and some on a wired Ethernet connection, if available. Speedify also reassembles these packets so the app just sees a faster internet connection. By moving network packets through all available connections on a computer, smartphone, tablet or other supported device, Speedify says it can reach up to 95% of the speed of the combined connections.
- Minimizes packet loss using redundancy. If your internet connections are dropping network packets, Speedify can detect this and start sending the packets redundantly, on all available internet connections at the same time. This means the packets for your call are actually sent on both Wi-Fi and cellular on your smartphone, and
Speedify only delivers whichever copy gets through first. So Speedify helps you survive network dropouts and makes sure that everything gets through on at least one connection.
Here’s what happens under the hood of Streaming Mode. Speedify adds timing information to every network packet, so it can gather statistics in real time. As connections change, and other apps start or stop sending data, Speedify adjusts its strategies on the fly. So Speedify might be combining connections on the bridge, then switch to Redundant Mode as soon as you enter the tunnel. You don’t need to worry about it: just make your call.
Streaming Mode Is On by Default in Speedify
There is nothing to switch on: Streaming Mode is part of Speedify’s default setup, so it starts working as soon as Speedify connects. Give it two or more internet connections, such as Wi-Fi and your phone’s 4G/5G cellular, and make your call. To learn more about Streaming Mode check out the Speedify Knowledge Base article.
If calls keep breaking up or streams keep buffering on Zoom, Google Meet or WhatsApp, update to the latest Speedify version and keep a second internet connection connected.
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