PC-to-Phone applications
Alexandre Strube
surak at casa.surak.eti.br
Wed Mar 3 12:24:43 UTC 2004
Em Qua, 2004-03-03 às 01:24, Brian Fahrlander escreveu:
> > I've discovered that gnomemeeting can use only a US$150 device which
> > would allow me do that, what is not an option (I a had 150 bucks I would
> > call by phone to my sister)
> That works...I don't know how, but I'll bet it's worth the money.
> And the IP Phones from Cisco are, too, but I've not had experience with
> it.
I don't know if its worth the money. You see: I spend an average of 20
dollars a month talking with her, using the VERY expensive brazilian
phone companies. So it would take about 7 months only to return the
money I put on hardware (if the service was for free). Doesn't look like
viable to me now.
> > I'm still downloading linphone, so I'll post any success with it.
> Don't bother. Not because they're losers or anything; I respect and
> admire their contribution, but it's like a slice of GnomeMeeting, which
> around here has worked better than anything for telephony-type
> applications.
I've managed partial success with it. I can connect to iConnectHere's
account, and if I use a expired account, it can even say that there's no
funds available. But it does nothing using a valid account. But it
looked promising to connect directly to a regular phone using one of
those services as iconnecthere (which is what I'm working anyway)
> > Does anyone had success with any other application? It was not that easy
> > to find those other ones on google - it looks hidden :-)
> It might be; the powers-that-be would be in a hurry to buy out any
> technology that requires only a hardware purchase to make longdistance
> calls to friends or businesses for free, ya know...
Man, this is weird, I spend a LOT of time yesterday looking for this. I
had only some clues which led me into the way. I even bought US$5 in
credit from microtelco (as stated they support gnomemeeting) just to
know LATER that I would to buy a $150 hardware... Very disappointing
> Think about setting her up on Linux so that she can use
> GnomeMeeting...or, if she won't convert, YOU can call her at any time
> via NetMeeting, but she won't be able to see YOU. They wanted to hide
> anything not from a Microsoft Netmeeting(c) client, but otherwise it
> works just fine. (Per the GM FAQ.)
I can use gnomemeeting with netmeeting normally, even image (people see
me and I see them - some of them upside down, but whatever). But what I
want to do is a simple manner of calling my sister's phone, as she
doesn't have a computer :-)
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Alexandre Ganso
500 FOUR vermelha - Diretor Steel Goose Moto Group
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