On Tue, 2018-03-20 at 08:29 -0400, fred roller wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 7:00 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallag...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Tue, 2018-03-20 at 00:09 +0000, Néstor wrote: > > > You can actually use Google voice in another country as long as you have > > > access to the internet. > > > > > > Sometimes if I am I another and I need to call someone in that country I > > > will go to a place that has WiFi and make the call like if i was in the US > > > and i call that country's phone number. > > > > > > > [Please don't top-post] > > > > When I said "only available to users in the US" I meant "only available > > to US users", i.e. users with an address and phone number in the US. > > Where you are physically when you make the call is irrelevant. > > > > poc > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > > Apologies for the top posts, gmail insist on top posting reponses and I > forget to adjust.
[Maybe also adjust to use plaintext ...] > FWIW you can give https://www.asterisk.org/ a try and DIY a phone server. > The VOIP would give you the mobile option because I used it an age ago > (headset and my laptop were my "phone" with any internet connection). Any > calls to numbers would bill from server to client for purpose of long > distance; i.e. you home base in England (server) go to France and call a > client in Japan. Your calls to England home office, gratis. France to Japan > would be billed from England -> Japan. There are ways to mitigate expense if > not reduce to zero altogether if memory serves. It has been ages since I > used this last but the project is still going strong and OS. File transfers > can be handled through any number of online fileshare option, rather > previlent these days. Yes, I'm aware of Asterisk and considered it back when I was interested in Google Voice. That's no longer the case and I virtually never make actual phone calls rather than calling over WhatsApp or similar, plus Skype is already good enough for the few I do make - mainly to my US bank. If only these apps supported receiving SMS messages ... poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
