Yeah thanks. Definitely h/w is must. I mean I will be mostly going for Quicknet PhoneJack. So this means that I can use the services of My ISP with this GM and h/w. But what I asked about the OpenH323 PSTN Gateway codec support was that correct (if you can throw some light on that) or not?
On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 15:33, Damien Sandras wrote: > Le vendredi 18 février 2005 à 15:21 +0530, Ashutosh Sharma a écrit : > > Thanks sir. > > That was really helpful. > > Sorry to bother you, but some more questions. > > Actually I have downloaded the Open H.323 PSTN Gateway. I looked > > into the source code and found that it supports only GSM and G.711 codec > > only. > > SO what I did that I added all capabilities using "AddAllcapabilities" > > function with (0,0,"*"). So does this means that now this PSTN Gateway > > is able to support PC-to-Phone calls on all audio codecs (I suppose all > > codecs means whatever the codecs that are there in OpenH323 version). > > > > To support PC-To-Phone using that software you need hardware in which > you will plug your normal phone line. How could it work otherwise? > > > Also I got to know from your response that there are two service > > providers which can provide services via GM, but I am interested to know > > that why can't I use my Service Provider for that using GM, because if > > we talk about NET2Phone,then in that also my ISP can be anyone. I mean > > I want a scenario to be like this:- > > > > PC (GM) <===>OpenH323 based GATEWAY <==>My ISP <===>Phone(POT/PSTN) > > > > Here is what you can have : > > PC (GM) <====> OpenH323 based GATEWAY with Hardware <==> Your telco > provider <====> Phone > > OR > > PC (GM) <====> PC-To-Phone provider <====> Phone > > > Sorry if my question seems to be absurd. > > > > Thanks and regards, > > Ashutosh Sharma. > > On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 14:41, Damien Sandras wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > If you want to make PC-To-Phone calls, you have basically 3 solutions : > > > 1) Build your own gateway, connected to the landline, using for example > > > Asterisk. With that solution, you will pay the same rate than when you > > > are using your classical phone as you will be using your own line. > > > > > > 2) Build a PC-To-Phone account from a provider. You will then be able to > > > phone at cheaper rates as they have terminations in several countries > > > and it is thus cheaper to do international calls than when you are using > > > your own line. There are 2 providers (and perhaps more) known to work > > > with GnomeMeeting : > > > a) MicroTelco: They support only G.723.1 as codec. That codec is > > > patented and doesn't exist on Linux. The only way to do calls using > > > G.723.1 using GnomeMeeting is thus to buy a Quicknet card. That will > > > permit you to use G.723.1 (which comes with the card) and to plug a > > > normal phone in the card and use it with GnomeMeeting. > > > b) The GnomeMeeting 1.2 provider: They support G.711 and GSM as > > > codecs, you can do PC-To-Phone calls using only your soundcard and a > > > headset. You need GnomeMeeting 1.2, there is a special window to > > > register a PC-To-Phone account to this provider. > > > > > > Hope it helps, > > > > > > Le vendredi 18 février 2005 à 14:28 +0530, Ashutosh Sharma a > > > écrit : > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > > > I am having a doubt regarding PC-to-Phone Calls through GnomeMeeting. > > > > Is this necessary to buy a MicroTelco account for doing this. > > > > If I am connected to the Internet, so obviously I will be having an > > > > account from my ISP. So can't I use that account for doing calls. > > > > And in that scenario, if I am not wrong then I should have OpenH323 > > > > Gateway at my place. > > > > Please correct me if I am wrong. > > > > > > > > Thanks and regards, > > > > Ashutosh. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > GnomeMeeting-list mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnomemeeting-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > GnomeMeeting-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnomemeeting-list _______________________________________________ GnomeMeeting-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnomemeeting-list
