Experience with Voip on Ubuntu?

[Kailesh MUSSAI]

Organization: SOCS, McGill University, CANADA

Hello Jerry,

Ekiga seems to able to do PC-To-Phone; check

http://ekiga.org/index.php?rub=3

Kailesh 

On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 09:56:34AM +0000, jerry wrote:

> I    had been using Sunrocket for voip phone service until they decided 
> to go out of business without telling their customers.  I would like to 
> know if anyone has had success with  VOIP on Ubuntu.  I   want to be 
> able to call regular landline phones in the U.S. and Mexico. I don't 
> need a lot of bells and whistles (3 way calling and 911 etc. ) just 
> decent sound quality.  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 hesitate to try 
> another commercial service like Sunrocket  because they may also go out 
> of business. 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.
> 
> Appreciate any information. I am using LTS 6.06 and have adsl broadband. 
> I also have Feisty available.
> 
> Jerry
> 
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