I have had success with the Yahoo instant messenger. Not the best quality, but surprisingly adequate.
--- Dave Holmes-Kinsella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Couple of alternatives that spring to mind: > A) Dialpad has a pretty comprehensive service, that relies on whatever audio > processing gear you have on your PC > B) Vonage (or vonnage) has a *wonderful* VoIP SOHO gateway that'll plug > right into your endpoint. They'll even do the LNP for your home # so that > you can maintain it with some killer calling plans. > > I'm not affiliated with either company, but I used to know a lot about the > VoIP marketplace... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of S Woodside > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 4:21 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [BAWUG] Voice over ip > > > > > > Ummm.... what do you want to do? So I guess you don't have a > > phone line > > at the house? In that case you'll need some equipment that > > can digitize > > the phone line into a VoIP line and do all the right things with the > > analog line. There's probably cards that do this (didn't Felsenstein > > mention one in a recent post?) for computer, and maybe also some SOHO > > oriented boxes as well. > > > > Once it's in VoIP then you can use your computer in the house > > wth a mic > > and speakers or a headset, or buy a VoIP phone and set it uyp > > with your > > own custom gateway I think. > > > > This group is probably not the best place for this question > > tho ... but > > I"m interested to know how it works out, please let me know. > > > > simon > > > > On Saturday, March 29, 2003, at 10:54 AM, Chris Bryden wrote: > > > > > I have a connection to dsl now over 6 miles with a bef11sw2 and a > > > wet11 and > > > it works great, I don't even have the ap up on the tower > > just shooting > > > through the trees (about a 1/2 mile of them)! Its still > > cold here and > > > no > > > leaves though, will have to get it up on the tower once it > > warms up. > > > So > > > what I am looking for is a low cost solution to use the > > phone line the > > > ap is > > > hooked to in town at my house, > > > (phone line) - (voice to ip?) - (ap) - (wet11) (ip to voice) - > > > (telephone > > > line) > > > I am sure this can be don't but looking for a low cost solution, > > > thanks and > > > have learned a pile from this group! > > > > > > > > > -- > > > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > > > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > > > > > -- > > anti-spam: do not post this address publicly > www.simonwoodside.com -- 99% Devil, 1% Angel > > > -- > anti-spam: do not post this address publicly www.simonwoodside.com -- > 99% Devil, 1% Angel > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
