Re: [Ekiga-list] Dial-Up

[Torsten Schlabach <tschlabach gmx net>]

Hi Sven!

Try:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSTN

Regards,
Torsten


Sven Zirkmann schrieb:
> Your in for a big surprise! /: P
> One place where analogue dial-up is used is
> in the United States of America! At least in
> those out of the places where the telephone company
> is waaay too bloody lazy to put down (at the least) DSL
> cable.
>
> I live in Hawai'i, in an out of the way place, with only Dial-Up
> for internet. Wireless would be an option, if wasn't so expensive
> to set up.
>
> Netwaiting is a windows program for Dial-Up that notifies me about
> incoming calls and allows me to take the call.
>
> Btw, what does PSTN stand for? And what exactly is VoIP?
> Sorry, I'm fairly new to all this.
>
> Sven
>
> On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Torsten Schlabach <tschlabach gmx net 
> <mailto:tschlabach gmx net>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Sven!
>
>     It's possible to hook up a PSTN phone number with a VoIP account, then
>     connect to that VoIP account using Ekiga. When it comes to details:
>
>     1. I think this might be OT for this list; I can recommend a general
>     VoIP forum
>     2. For some hints, it would be helpful to know in which country that
>     PSTN phone number would be.
>
>      > Netwaiting for WIndows?
>
>     What's that?
>
>     Just wondering? In what part of the world would anyone use analogue
>     dial-up to connect to the Internet?
>
>     Regards,
>     Torsten
>
>
>     Sven Zirkmann schrieb:
>      > I was wondering if Ekiga can work like Netwaiting for WIndows?
>      > Whether or not it can take incoming calls from someone calling on
>      > a regular phone? Or at least notify me that someone is calling, so
>      > that I can disconnect from the internet and take the call (since I'm
>      > on Dial-Up)?
>      >
>      > Sven
>      >
>      > --
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>      >
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