[Tfug] SIP/VoIP in Linux

[Harry McGregor]

Well, on the server side, Asterisk.

I have not played with any softphones lately, but I at least know of
KPhone.

On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 00:09 -0700, John Gruenenfelder wrote:
> Well, here's another voip question for you all.
> 
> What SIP type services have you found to work well in Linux?  I intend to
> begin using one in the not too distant future.  I'll need both SIP->PSTN and
> PSTN->SIP functionality.  I'd like SIP since it's open and that leaves some
> leeway for changing programs later without abandoning service/number.

I would look at TelIAX.  I have a prepaid pay as you go account that we
have been working with, and it works well.  The monthly for a DID is
about $5.


			Harry


> Skype offers these services, but their program does not use SIP or offer any
> gateway to SIP at the moment.
> 
> The recently announced Project Gizmo will soon have a Linux client and seems
> to support all I need.  The only downside is the very limited number of cities
> in which you can get a "virtual phone number".
> 
> So, in addition to working well in Linux, I'd like a service which has a
> decent range of available phone numbers.  Skype seems to offer numbers in
> nearly every area code, but again I'd like to avoid Skype if possible.
> 
> I've done a bunch of Googling, but it's hard to know if a service is good or
> not.
> 
> Thanks again!
>