[CS-FSLUG] VOIP?

[Don Parris]

On 11/17/06, John Mark Clayton <clayton256 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Anyone using VOIP?  Friends living in the Bahamas encouraged me to install
> Skype so we could call each other for free.  It's not too bad from
> Windows, but
> the Linux version lags way behind.  So, I started looking into open source
>
> alternatives that offer PC-to-POTS calls.  I see several PC-to-PC
> projects, but
> only one PC-to-POTS: OpenWengo/Wengo/WengoPhone (what ever the
> difference is between all these names).  First, can you recommend some
> reading naterial?  What's the difference between VOIP & SIPS.  If you do
> use
> VOIP, do you use a PC or an enabled phone?
> Thanks,
> Mark
> --


There is Wengo (http://www.wengo.com/), which is libre software.  It's a
French company, iirc, but I've had difficulty with my sound card on my
laptop - haven't gotten around to my desktop yet.

Don


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