Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga in Australia

[Bret Busby <bret busby net>]

On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, Bret Busby wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, Roger wrote:
>
> > Hi all
> > I'm wondering about experiences in using Ekiga in Australia and what the 
> > total costs of calls within Aus are please.
> > TIA
> > Roger
>
> Hello, Roger.
>
> I have Ekiga installed and setup, on Ubuntu 8.04, and have tested it with a 
> webcam, for making video calls, and, that is all okay, but I don't know 
> anyone else with Ekiga, for me to communicate with, to try it for live calls.
>
> I am with Optus, with ADSL quota of somewhere around 15GB per month. I notice 
> that your email address shows that you are with Bigpond.
>
> Without knowing what your quota is, I have no idea as to whether you have the 
> capacity for video calls (which was the main reason for me getting the webcam 
> and Ekiga installed, for communicating with friends and relatives overseas).
>
> > From what I understand, if you use Ekiga to communicate with another 
> person using Ekiga, across the Internet, using video calls, no charges apply 
> (unless one party to the call, incurs charges for exceeding the bandwith 
> quota). If I am wrong in that, perhaps someone from Ekiga, could correct me.
>
> --
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> ..............

Oh, and one thing, just out of interest, in case you are interested in 
using Ekiga to make video calls; my web cam is connected to my laptop 
computer, which did not come with an inbuilt webcam, and the webcam is a 
Logitech Communicate STX, which I bought from Dick Smiths or Tandy's, 
for $99  (for people outside Australia, that is 99AUD, to be clear).

The webcam and Ubuntu 8.04, seem to work okay with Ekiga (the version of 
Ekiga shows as being ekiga 2.0.12), and, the About box also shows
"Ekiga is full-featured SIP and H.323 compatible VoIP, IP-Telephony and 
Videoconferencing application that allows you to make audio and video 
calls to remote users with SIP and H.323 hardware or software.".

The webcam sound input (inbuilt microphone) appears to work okay with 
Ekiga, but not with Skype, and, from what I understand, as yet, calls 
(or, at least, video calls) cannot be made between Ekiga and Skype 
clients.

Once again, if I am incorrect in my understanding, perhaps someone from 
Ekiga, could correct me.

--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............

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