Experience with Voip on Ubuntu?

[Derek Broughton]

jerry wrote:

> I have found a guide for voip using asterisk from 
> source and freepbx but it seems that I could not call landlines with
> this setup.  Ekiga seems to have the same limitations.
> 
> Am I limited to using another commercial service? 

I should think so - _somebody_ has to pay for the gateways to the POTS.

> Vonage has not been advertising like mad like they had been 
> doing for quite a while. Plus I have heard a rumor the some big telco
> (Verison?) has some crucial patents and will try to stop all commercial
> voip providers.

Impossible to do...
-- 
derek