Re: calling US 800 numbers from abroad via VoIP

2010-01-07 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:45:43AM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: Hello, Am 2009-12-20 23:28:32, schrieb Chris Davies: jida...@jidanni.org wrote: My friend uses the Skype stuff, but all I want to do is make one or two calls to some 800 numbers, so don't want to subscribe to anything,

Re: calling US 800 numbers from abroad via VoIP

2009-12-21 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello, Am 2009-12-20 23:28:32, schrieb Chris Davies: jida...@jidanni.org wrote: My friend uses the Skype stuff, but all I want to do is make one or two calls to some 800 numbers, so don't want to subscribe to anything, pay any money, nor do I own a credit card. As far as I have

Re: calling US 800 numbers from abroad via VoIP

2009-12-21 Thread jidanni
SS So if you dial 019-1-800-whatever, asterisk will connect to SS sip:1800whate...@proxy.ideasip.com. SS HTH. CU Sascha Indeed it does. All I needed to do was add # diff -r /tmp/original /etc/asterisk diff -r /tmp/original/extensions.conf /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf 392a393 exten =

Re: calling US 800 numbers from abroad via VoIP

2009-12-20 Thread Chris Davies
jida...@jidanni.org wrote: My friend uses the Skype stuff, but all I want to do is make one or two calls to some 800 numbers, so don't want to subscribe to anything, pay any money, nor do I own a credit card. As far as I have determined from here in the UK, Skype allows calls to US 1-800

Re: calling US 800 numbers from abroad via VoIP

2009-12-18 Thread Sascha Silbe
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 01:41:20PM +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: I want to call an 1-800 toll free US number, IdeaSIP worked fine for me when I had the same need some months ago. Asterisk config snippet: [ideasip-tollfree] ; USA toll-free exten =

Re: calling US 800 numbers from abroad via VoIP

2009-12-18 Thread Rob Owens
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 01:41:20PM +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: [Also posted to Newsgroups: comp.dcom.voice-over-ip] Hello. I live in Taiwan and use Debian Linux. I want to call an 1-800 toll free US number, which of course is not toll free when calling from Taiwan. So how can I use this

calling US 800 numbers from abroad via VoIP

2009-12-17 Thread jidanni
[Also posted to Newsgroups: comp.dcom.voice-over-ip] Hello. I live in Taiwan and use Debian Linux. I want to call an 1-800 toll free US number, which of course is not toll free when calling from Taiwan. So how can I use this VoIP stuff to bridge the gap? I'm sure I'm capable of installing whatever

Re: calling US 800 numbers from abroad via VoIP

2009-12-17 Thread jidanni
KR How about borrowing your friend's Skype account for the 1 or 2 calls KR you need to make? Thanks but 1. I want to use open software. 2. I'm embarrassed to ask. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact