On 29Jun, Mark Petrovic wrote: > On 28Jun, james taylor wrote: > > I thought I saw it posted a few weeks ago. > > > > Where would I get a map of the free WiFi hotspots around SoCal? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Also, I just picked up a Dell AXIM PocketPC with WiFi and BlueTooth. > > Does anyone here locally have the scoop on making this work with VoIP? > > > > I currently run Vonage for my business and home phones and want to add the > > PPC to the stable. > > There is Skype, which is proprietary, and services like Pulver.com Free > World Dial, the latter of which uses standard SIP for signalling and > standard RTP encapsulated voice audio. Both are free services. > > With Free World Dial, you can either use a SIP softphone > (http://www.xten.com) or an analog telephone adapter (ATA) such as the > Sipura SPA-2000 (http://www.sipura.com). The "hard" ATA allows you > to use a regular physical telephone with the service - it 'converts' > analog voice to IP packets. RJ-11 on the home side, and RJ-45 on the > pubic Internet side. > > Neither service today connects seamlessly to the PSTN, which is something > you get with Vonage and which is not a free service.
This last statement of mine is not particularly useful - mea culpa. SIP-to-PSTN connectivity can be done, and will soon become commonplace. And of course there will be a seam, as there is with any protocol bridge, but its properties are well-understood. > Mark > > > > Thanks! > > > > James A. Taylor Jr. > > www.AICompany.com > > www.seo-highrankings.com > > Your professional, affordable computer resource! > > > > Making your organization MORE EFFECTIVE through; > > * Search Engine Optimization and Internet Marketing Services > > * Internet Database Development > > * Web Site Design, Development and Hosting > > > > (562) 364-9680 > > > > -- > Mark Petrovic > Pasadena, CA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mark Petrovic Pasadena, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
