On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 11:45:53 -0400 dep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > greets, folks . . . > > having endured a *way* too big phone bill this month, most of it > long-distance stuff with other linux users and some of it > long-distance with windows users who have high-speed connections, i'm > looking for a better approach. > > six or seven years ago i played with some windows and OS/2 apps which > let people do telephone over the internet. i'm trying to get a sense > of the current state of that technology, with an eye toward setting it > up here on the linux box. > > anybody here have any experience with it?
yep -- I use gnomemeeting w/ a PhoneJack card and call the US all the
time -- anywhere, $.03/min (beats $1.05/min + connection charge any day
of the week). I've save thou$and$ (no kidding). When I'm not at my
system, I leave ohphone running so I can receive VoIP calls (or make
them to the family while I'm out). I can recommend the PhoneJack and
PCMCIA PhoneJack cards. They work well, haven't tried the LineJack
cards (can't find a non-M$ switchboard). They have good sound, don't
require high bandwidth, etc. My only objection is the Gnomemeeting
thing. Like to do without having to fire up a GUI and have those Mbs of
gnome libs just for gnomemeeting (which runs on my openbox desktop very
nicely).
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
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