OK David, thanks to your clarification on that. I assumed Ekiga "ran" its providers as Skype users are lead to think. I'll look into the SIP market. I appreciate the quick response! - Topher Hunt <div>On 8/5/07, David Corking <<a href="mailto:lists@dcorking.com">lists@dcorking.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On 8/5/07, Topher Hunt wrote: > Can anyone tell me how Ekiga's calling credit system works? Are rates > comparable to those of Skype? Does Ekiga support calls to Germany, South > Africa, Nicaragua, Mexico, Taiwan, etc.? Ekiga is a client - (technically called a 'user agent'). One advantage over Skype is that you can shop around for SIP or H.323 providers, many of which offer pc-to-phone rates that beat Skype handsomely, and free calls to other SIP users. > Does Ekiga support voicemails? If > so, is there an option to save voicemails on the remote server (like webmail > does) until I choose to delete them? And finally: does Ekiga's PC-to-phone > sound quality match up to Skype? These again depend on the provider you choose. Many SIP providers can e-mail your voicemails to you, so you will be in total control of them from that point. -- David _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list <a href="mailto:ekiga-list@gnome.org">ekiga-list@gnome.org</a> <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list">http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list </a> </blockquote></div>