One of my pet pives with Skype was the fact that it was one to one and that did not work well calling those countries that we are involed in. I do not mind the call being watched by ft. Meed but I don't want the UN watching. That is why I was hoping for something I could use on a VPN.
On Jan 30, 10:28 am, Andrew Farnsworth <farn...@gmail.com> wrote: > If all you need is one-to-one communication (which doesn't meet your "up to > 4 people" requirment) it is actually possible to dial an IP from a VOIP > phone (at least some of them) and have a direct phone to phone connection. > Now the phone has to be exposed on the internet, but it is not too hard to > restrict where that port is accessible from. > > Andy > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 3:44 AM, Justin W Elam <justin.w.e...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > I see Dan is the one that needs some help with calling, eh? > > > There are a couple of options for you, depending on where his > > daughter's location is, and the country code the telephone she uses > > is. > > > One option is to use a prepaid phone card with the likes of AT&T, BT, > > and such that are in stores now. > > Then one dials the 800 access number and pin then the number. Much > > cheaper than through the operator or by direct dialing. > > > Another option is to pay Google via their Google Voice scheme by using > > your credit card to add voice credits. One then dials their Google > > Access Number, and pin, touch '2', and dial the number. One > > additional perk is the mobile telephone application, 'Google Voice' > > allowing one to choose how to route the calls. > > > Yet another option is to pay for a SIP / DID / POTS number from a > > servicer, and go that route, assuming you don't want to build your own > > asterisk box. One would need an SIP phone, an open tcp/ip port > > number on your network. Once service has been procured, one would dial > > their POTS dial out access number, and the telephone they would like > > to ring. > > > Hope this helps. > > > -- Justin > > --------------------- > > Justin W Elam > > ### > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "NLUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<nlug-talk%2Bunsubscribe@googlegroups > > .com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
