It sounds [to me] like what Scott is looking for is not a softphone that will need to talk to a particular provider, but rather a program that will essentially allow his computer to act as the handset [along with a feature or two] to a traditional POTS line via the modem.
At least that's how *I* read it. Jason On 04 May 2005 15:46:29 -0400, Jon Carnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yep, there are literally hundreds of softphones that work with Linux. > I've used kphone successfully, but any one of the hundreds that speak > SIP will work for you once you have a SIP account with some provider. > > Here's the VoIP wiki site on softphones: > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-VOIP+Phones#id311475 > > On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 15:24, William Sutton wrote: > > You're looking for a softphone, right? When I get home, I'll look up a > > URL for you. There's a fellow here in Huntsville who is trying to write > > his own softphone to interface with Asterisk. > > > > William > > > > On Wed, 4 May 2005, Scott G. Hall wrote: > > > > > Scott G. Hall wrote: > > > > > > > What Linux utility (and set of steps) do others on this list use to > > > place > > > > phone calls through their computer? > > > > > > > > > P.S. I already tried Asterisk -- no dice. I don't need a PBX, but > > > something > > > that converts my PC into a telephone that also logs enough for > > > time-billing. > > > > > > -- > > > Scott G. Hall > > > Raleigh, NC, USA > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
