Oh, sorry, Marta. I forgot to put the link in! Oops. It's at:
http://www.gizmoproject.com/ You download the Mac client, and if you know anyone with an internet phone number (usually called "SIP") you can start calling them for free. I know no one in this category (that I'm aware of) so I entered a credit card to add some $$ to my call out account and I get about 1200 domestic minutes for $10. Take THAT BellSouth! Now I can call California for $.02 a minute. If I call local with it, though, it'll still be $.02 cents a minute. Unless the other person has a SIP phone or client and then it's free. You can also sign up for phone numbers around the country so people can call you like it's a local call. There's none in Louisville yet, or anywhere else I might need one, but YMMV. They also have a store where you can buy SIP phones, headsets and accessories. There are complete desktop phones that plug right into your network. They also have adapters that plug between your existing phone and your router. This stuff you can find many other places on the 'net, but it's nice to see it all organized like they do there so you can figure out what you need. j. On Sep 23, 2005, at 5:15 PM, Marta Edie <martaedie at mac.com> wrote: > Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:18:36 -0400 > From: Marta Edie <martaedie at mac.com> > Subject: Re: MacGroup: gmail notifier > > 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) > > -- 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>
