Thanks

Maybe what I should be asking is whether or not it's
possible for others to call me via landline while I'm on
the internet?

Sven

On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Torsten Schlabach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Hi Sven!
>
> Try:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voip
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSTN
>
> Regards,
> Torsten
>
>
> Sven Zirkmann schrieb:
> > Your in for a big surprise! /: P
> > One place where analogue dial-up is used is
> > in the United States of America! At least in
> > those out of the places where the telephone company
> > is waaay too bloody lazy to put down (at the least) DSL
> > cable.
> >
> > I live in Hawai'i, in an out of the way place, with only Dial-Up
> > for internet. Wireless would be an option, if wasn't so expensive
> > to set up.
> >
> > Netwaiting is a windows program for Dial-Up that notifies me about
> > incoming calls and allows me to take the call.
> >
> > Btw, what does PSTN stand for? And what exactly is VoIP?
> > Sorry, I'm fairly new to all this.
> >
> > Sven
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Torsten Schlabach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi Sven!
> >
> >     It's possible to hook up a PSTN phone number with a VoIP account,
> then
> >     connect to that VoIP account using Ekiga. When it comes to details:
> >
> >     1. I think this might be OT for this list; I can recommend a general
> >     VoIP forum
> >     2. For some hints, it would be helpful to know in which country that
> >     PSTN phone number would be.
> >
> >      > Netwaiting for WIndows?
> >
> >     What's that?
> >
> >     Just wondering? In what part of the world would anyone use analogue
> >     dial-up to connect to the Internet?
> >
> >     Regards,
> >     Torsten
> >
> >
> >     Sven Zirkmann schrieb:
> >      > I was wondering if Ekiga can work like Netwaiting for WIndows?
> >      > Whether or not it can take incoming calls from someone calling on
> >      > a regular phone? Or at least notify me that someone is calling,
> so
> >      > that I can disconnect from the internet and take the call (since
> I'm
> >      > on Dial-Up)?
> >      >
> >      > Sven
> >      >
> >      > --
> >      > "A penny saved is a penny earned."
> >      >
> >      > ....yeah right.
> >      >
> >      >
> >      >
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