Ed, I called the USA from Brazil last week and talked for 1/2 hour. Used an IAXy analog-phone to VoIP box from Digium.com and the Nufone.net service. The IAX protocol (supported by Asterisk) can go through firewalls and NAT translations. You just hook the box up to an Ethernet that has DHCP service and an analog telephone, then plug in the power. About twenty seconds later you have a connection to the service provider.
The 1/2 hour call from Brazil to the USA cost me 73 cents. I even let some of the Brazilians call their relatives in Canada. It was so cheap, why not? Pretty cool. md -- Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA used pursuant to a license from Linux Mark Institute, authorized licensor of Linus Torvalds, owner of the Linux trademark on a worldwide basis (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other countries. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
