Re: [expert] Offtopic (a bit): Me thinks I am a sucker - net 2 phone redux

2001-02-16 Thread Rusty Carruth
"Praedor Tempus" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I think I was suckered. ... Quicknet hardware are all very specialized bits of equipment with no real benefit over of decent soundcard which most people already own if they own a computer. The equipment are merely glorified

Re: [expert] Offtopic (a bit): Me thinks I am a sucker - net 2 phone redux

2001-02-16 Thread Praedor Tempus
Well, the codec is supported in the card (those that are not propriatory/closed/require licensing) but then, net2phone and dialpad take care of that for you. You use their software app and make your calls, they take care of everything else on their end. With these cards, they can handle

[expert] Offtopic (a bit): Me thinks I am a sucker - net 2 phone redux

2001-02-15 Thread Praedor Tempus
Well, I think I was suckered. After starting the conversation on the list about internet telephony, hoping to find some software that would allow linux users to make PC to phone calls like windoze users with dialpad or net2phone, I heard about Quicknet and their telephony cards. Their