On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:01:37 +1100 Christopher Vance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 03:56:34PM +1100, Voytek Eymont wrote: > >I do. now that I have a VOIP phone, my VOIP devoid friends won't be > >able to phone me unless they get a sip (soft) phone (or I connect my > >VOIP to PSTN) > > VOIP-VOIP requires at least one of you can find the other > network-wise. > > VOIP-PSTN can be done for about $10/month. Maybe less. > > >a while back someone here was recomending some sip soft phones, I'm > >curious what's the latest recomendation on that I use soft phones quite a bit - both direct PC-PC and PC-PSTN. Until recently, I used the soft phone from SJ Labs together with asterisk running on the same box. However, I have been using Ekiga ever since it appeared this year. I find it to be the best. Since Ekiga is able to register with multiple systems, I don't use Asterisk now. Highly recommended. I think the ability for multiple registrations is important. For example, FWD gives a great range of toll free numbers; Gizmo gives really cheap calls to the USA (and is a flashy, simple softphone for Windows users - I have switched all my rellies to Gizmo). Also note that there is a gateway that allows PSTN numbers to ring your softphone: 1 300 558 592. Sipbroker also has an access number in Sydney and other capital cities. Sydney is 8307 3881. HTH, Alan <SNIP> > > -- > Christopher Vance > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 428 148 071 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
