Telephone

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KPPP is loaded natively in my Kubuntu 12.4

Bob


On Wed, 3 Dec 2014, Jerome B Newell wrote:

> Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 14:14:15 +1300
> From: Jerome B Newell <bnewell at clear.net.nz>
> Reply-To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: Telephone
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> Try gnome-ppp or kppp.
> We used these to control modems before we went cable.
> Most earlier Linux had them in the System menu.
> They are still available through Synaptic package manager and may also be in 
> Software Center.
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> On 03/12/14 11:10, Billie Walsh wrote:
>> Yes. It's a modem. You plug in a standard phone line.
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>> On 12/02/2014 03:53 PM, Cody Smith wrote:
>>> Billie, unless you plug your laptop specifically into a wall outlet that 
>>> supports it (which from what I hear is exceedingly rare), the software 
>>> you're looking for does nothing.
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Billie Walsh <bilwalsh at swbell.net 
>>> <mailto:bilwalsh at swbell.net>> wrote:
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>>>     Back in the dark ages I used to use my computer to make regular
>>>     phone calls over the modem. I would dial a person number through
>>>     the modem and use a headset with microphone to talk to them.
>>> 
>>>     My laptop has a built in modem. Is there any software to allow me
>>>     to use the modem to make calls as above.
>>> 
>>>     Kubuntu 14.04
>>> 
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