On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:30:27 -0400
Matthew Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Who makes the PhoneJack cards that you recommend?

quicknet.net -- only manufacturer I'm aware of.

> 
> What's the deal with the tariffs placed on VoIP, specifically I think
> I remember hearing about Panama.  What ever became of that?

Panama tried to block VoIP ports.  You can screw some apps with that,
but not all.  Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional.

> The US is fighting over how to "regulate" VoIP...  which can only mean
> trouble.

Because a number of long distance phone carriers have moved to VoIP for
their backbones.  So they don't pay the phone tariffs.  Telephony has
entered the era of the "horseless carriage".

> 
> 
> 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.
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> 
> 
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