Jonathan. could you just be a bit more specific on that phone thing? What software, who charges? How much? How do you pay? Where do you find out about international calling ? Website? Experience? -- My husband is about deaf when it comes to cellphones. Maybe a headset might be welcome. - Speaker phone does not do the trick too well either. Marta Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. -Flannery O'Connor, writer (1925-1964)
On Sep 22, 2005, at 20:25, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: > On Sep 22, 2005, at 5:15 PM, Peter McGrath <petergrath at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks, next thing I want to get to work is the capability to use >> gmail as a phone, but I don't have .mac or AIM or any other way to use >> that feature yet. > > If you're looking for an internet phone solution, you could do worse > than Gizmo. They have clients for most flavors of computer and their > Mac client is about the slickest piece of software I've ever seen. > > They have free internet to internet calling and $.02 a minute for > calling to a land line anywhere in the US, with pretty cheap > international rates, too. > > I got a $30 USB headset for my iBook and I can walk around the house, > thanks to Airport and broadband, talking to people anywhere and it > sounds as good as a POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) line. > > You don't have to do anything to your router. You just fire up the > software, choose your headset in the preferences and start callin'. > > j. > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > jfletch at newmediaconstco.com > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be September 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
