Re: How to take a call without losing your modem.

[Michael Starnes <mstarnes99 yahoo com>]

One internet telephony application for *nix is
SpeakFreely. As the name implies you can speak over
the net for free. It has optional encryption so that
you can have a conversation free of unwanted
listeners. And the app can be downloaded for free from
John Walker's site at:

http://www.fourmilab.ch/speakfree

I have successfully used it under windows but haven't
tried the unix version yet. I want to try it as soon
as I learn how to install the thing.

Don't think my ISP is willing to be a telephone
receptionist for it's hundreds of users though.

Mike
Recovering windows user



--- "Henry J. Cobb" <hcobb slip net> wrote:
> The proper way to receive phone calls whilst one is
> on the modem (Seeing
> how the "creator of the Internet" Prince Albert
> wants to put a hefty tax
> on second phone lines so that school kids can browse
> the net for bomb
> plans) is to forward all calls to your ISP, have the
> ISP take the call and
> tunnel the call through Voice over IP (VoIP, or
> "Internet Telephony").
> 
> Unfortunately, I haven't heard any noises from
> RedHat about VoIP support
> for Linux.
> 
> Comeon guys, why don't you ask Big Blue about
> voicecard support at your
> next investor meeting?  (And ask Novell too while
> you're at it...)
> 
> 	Henry J. Cobb	hcobb slip net         
> http://www.io.com/~hcobb
>     Any sufficiently cool technology is
> indistinguishable from religion.

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