Fwd: [opensuse] ekiga or gizmo
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:14 PM, josh <jkenn337@gmail.com> wrote:
hi,
can gizmo or ekiga be used to make calls to regular telephones or cell phones?
Josh
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Forgot Plain Text again... I have never used Gizmo5, which I believe is what you mean. It says on their website "Call anyone in the world".... However, their Linux Version is pretty outdated, in the latest version mentions Fedora 8... Ekiga or GnomeMeeting is VOIP; you'll need a SIP Address or H.323... Allen Registered Linux User 484485 (http://counter.li.org/) Sent from: San jose Ca United States. Laurence J. Peter - "If two wrongs don't make a right, try three." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
can gizmo or ekiga be used to make calls to regular telephones or cell phones?
I use Ekiga to make landline calls all the time. The catch is, you need a VoIP provider. I use freecall.com (this provider also gives you a local landline number so people with reg phones can call you), but you can use any VoIP provider who has SIP services. Ekiga.net provides SIP, but if I read/remember right, no landline connections... I think.. I can't remember for sure. Gizmo does the same. I found (last i compared) that long distance calls via Gizmo were more expensive than my preferred SIP provider. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 23 February 2009 10:37:57 am Clayton wrote:
can gizmo or ekiga be used to make calls to regular telephones or cell phones?
I use Ekiga to make landline calls all the time. The catch is, you need a VoIP provider. I use freecall.com (this provider also gives you a local landline number so people with reg phones can call you), but you can use any VoIP provider who has SIP services. Ekiga.net provides SIP, but if I read/remember right, no landline connections... I think.. I can't remember for sure.
Gizmo does the same. I found (last i compared) that long distance calls via Gizmo were more expensive than my preferred SIP provider.
C.
A good combination might be a program called "Twinkle" (available in the repos) and a voip provider, such as terrasip.com. The problem with VOIP is that - to my experience - sometimes it works for months and then suddenly it stops working, because your voip provider has changed something in their SIP server configuration and they even themselves do not know what it is. For this reason I would prefer skype (there is no hazzle with separate voip program and provider, but everything is "integrated"). I list here my experiences with some voip providers (for an incoming number located in Spain): voiptalk.org never worked and they had very crappy customer service voipvoip.com worked in the beginning great but then stopped working and though they had a superb customer service, they were unable to fix things. Currently I am using terrasip.com Cheers, Sampsa -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Currently I am using terrasip.com
Wow, I just checked the call rates on TerraSIP vs my long time preferred SIP provider Freecall.. and TerraSIP is a LOT cheaper... by half or more. The call quality is good? I think it might be time to switch over to these guys. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 23 February 2009 11:32:14 am Clayton wrote:
Currently I am using terrasip.com
Wow, I just checked the call rates on TerraSIP vs my long time preferred SIP provider Freecall.. and TerraSIP is a LOT cheaper... by half or more. The call quality is good? I think it might be time to switch over to these guys.
Umm.. hold your horses! The call quality is good, the service works fine.. they give you an incoming number immediately when you press a button on their web-page! It worked very well for few months.. just a couple of days ago it stopped working. I still have to check what it is.. when I find a spare moment. Cheers, Sampsa
C.
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On 2/23/09, Sampsa Riikonen <sampsa.riikonen@iki.fi> wrote:
On Monday 23 February 2009 11:32:14 am Clayton wrote:
Currently I am using terrasip.com
Wow, I just checked the call rates on TerraSIP vs my long time preferred SIP provider Freecall.. and TerraSIP is a LOT cheaper... by half or more. The call quality is good? I think it might be time to switch over to these guys.
Umm.. hold your horses! The call quality is good, the service works fine.. they give you an incoming number immediately when you press a button on their web-page!
It worked very well for few months.. just a couple of days ago it stopped working. I still have to check what it is.. when I find a spare moment.
Cheers,
Sampsa
C.
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On 2/23/09, Clayton <smaug42@gmail.com> wrote:
can gizmo or ekiga be used to make calls to regular telephones or cell phones?
I use Ekiga to make landline calls all the time. The catch is, you need a VoIP provider. I use freecall.com (this provider also gives you a local landline number so people with reg phones can call you), but you can use any VoIP provider who has SIP services. Ekiga.net provides SIP, but if I read/remember right, no landline connections... I think.. I can't remember for sure.
Gizmo does the same. I found (last i compared) that long distance calls via Gizmo were more expensive than my preferred SIP provider.
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Clayton, why Freecall? Talkster http://talkster.com/ is free and has no catches... Allen Registered Linux User 484485 (http://counter.li.org/) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Clayton, why Freecall?
Talkster http://talkster.com/ is free and has no catches...
Freecall... at the time I started using it provided the best calling rates to the countries I call. Now, it looks as if some other services such as TerraSIP have better rates, so I am looking into switching SIP providers. I can't use Talkster since they are not available for the countries I call.. their list of valid countries is actually quite short... so while they are free to call with, they are quite limited. C -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Clayton <smaug42@gmail.com> wrote:
Clayton, why Freecall?
Talkster http://talkster.com/ is free and has no catches...
Freecall... at the time I started using it provided the best calling rates to the countries I call. Now, it looks as if some other services such as TerraSIP have better rates, so I am looking into switching SIP providers.
I can't use Talkster since they are not available for the countries I call.. their list of valid countries is actually quite short... so while they are free to call with, they are quite limited.
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OK, Well, they try to have as many countries as they can; have you sent them a request at http://talkster.com/RequestCountry.aspx yet? Anyways, sorry that it doesn't work for you. :( Allen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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