Who makes the PhoneJack cards that you recommend? What's the deal with the tariffs placed on VoIP, specifically I think I remember hearing about Panama. What ever became of that? The US is fighting over how to "regulate" VoIP... which can only mean trouble.
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 12:58:10 -0500 "David A. Bandel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- > Focus on the dream, not the competition. > Nemesis Racing Team motto > GPG key autoresponder: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Matthew Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.eisgr.com/ Enterprise Information Systems * Network Server Appliances * Network Consulting, Integration & Support * Web Integration and E-Business _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
