Re: [Nolug] internet phone calls

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I have used it and works prefectly. I've tested it also with someone using a
modem at the other end and windows.

It is striclty PC to PC, no phone stuff. But still works well and can be used
with PGP keys and other cool features.

ml

On Monday 15 April 2002 03:33 pm, Andy Cristina wrote:
> Hey...speaking of VoIP, has anyone here had any luck with speakfreely? And
> does speakfreely for linux work well?
> Although it doesn't, as far as I know, allow phone calls, it had the least
> lag of any product we played with at work.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nolug@patientcarerx.com
> [mailto:owner-nolug@patientcarerx.com]On Behalf Of Michael Flora
> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 7:24 PM
> To: nolug@patientcarerx.com
> Subject: Re: [Nolug] internet phone calls
>
>
> I've been a VoIP wannabe for a long time. I have
> tried the latest version of
> Net2Phone CommCenter over Charter cable broadband and
> quality still sucks.
>
> There is a company called Anyuser (www.anyuser.com)
> that offers IP telephony for
> $6.50/mo base fee + a per-minute rate. There is a
> figure of merit used to judge
> call quality (can't remember what it's called). POTS
> is rated at 4.0; Anyuser
> claims their system delivers 3.9. You have to use one
> of their IP telephone
> devices to make calls; apparently it has builtin call
> cleanup hardware.
>
> The big problem from my standpoint is: I want to do
> away with dialup service
> entirely, even for incoming phone calls. I have yet
> to find a VoIP provider
> that allows you to accept calls from people who have a
> plain old phone (Anyuser
> has not yet responded to me on this point). You can
> call them, but they can't
> call you. Some company's websites claim that this
> service is "coming soon", but
> I think it is a matter of the local phone companies
> being unwilling or unable to
> route calls to IP telephone numbers. Maybe I'm wrong
> on this point; someone in
> NOLUG-land might be able to clarify the issue.
>
> M.R.F.
>
> --- Matthew <matthew@patientcarerx.com> wrote:
> > Is anyone familiar with the company Varonage. They
> > have an unlimited nation
> > wide long distance internet phone system that allows
> > you to use your normal
> > phone over your DSL connection. If this service
> > works as well as advertised
> > this would save me a lot of money. For geeks like
> > us this could also be a
> > means of making a few coins on the side by hooking
> > these systems up for
> > friends.
> >
> > Their international long distance rates are also
> > very reasonable. What do
> > you guys think about the service they were profiled
> > in Time this week. Time
> > link
>
> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101020415-227531,00.html
>
> > and the company link is
> > http://www.vonage.com/digitalvoice/rates.phtml .
> >
> > The only question I have is will this work over a
> > cable modem or only over a
> > DSL? Joey your customers might go for this service.
> >
> > Matt
> >
> >
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