Thanks indeed. I have been reading all the posts, especially the ones having to do with the Macs. I am a little overawed and wonder whether I shall have the nerve to install the gizmo, but then I have been so adventurous lately and hope that, if I totally screw up, I have the whole group as my reliable support . Marta Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. -Flannery O'Connor, writer (1925-1964)
On Sep 23, 2005, at 17:39, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: > 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> | 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>
