At 06:56 PM 2/2/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Does anyone know of a pc to regular phone program to call long distance
>without long distance charges similar to dialpad?
>
>Thanks
>
>Harry
>Texas
Harry,
If you're looking for an easy solution, Yahoo! Messenger has free phone
calls to anywhere in the U.S.
It only requires that you go to their www page and sign up for Yahoo!
Messenger by creating a User Name and Password for yourself... you can do
instant chat (typing messages to other Yahoo Messenger folks)... or (and
this speaks to your question above), you can click on the little telephone
icon and make an actual phone call from your computer (using a microphone
and your computer's speakers) to another phone anywhere in the United States.
The entire installation process (yes, there is some software to download)
is totally automatic and prompts you every step of the way. They've
designed this whole thing for "newbies." ;)
You can start here: http://www.yahoo.com
Then click on the messenger icon, which links to this address and follow
the directions:
http://messenger.yahoo.com/
I believe Yahoo! Messenger uses a Net2phone plug-in for the free long
distance. I use a cable modem (Roadrunner) for fast Internet access and
have found the long distance calls to be nearly "perfect" in quality.
Things have come a long way...
Hope this helps...
Garrett
Austin, Texas
