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. > > 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 > -- Focus on the dream, not the competition. Nemesis Racing Team motto GPG key autoresponder: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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