VoIP (was Cogeco)

[Ralph Doncaster]

On Sun, 2 Nov 2003, Sidney Shapiro wrote:

> > Shame, shame, recommending a proprietary (and overpriced) Nortel
> product
> > on a Linux list.  Asterisk (www.asterisk.org) runs on Linux.
> > For a US$65 SIP phone, check out FWD. http://www.freeworlddialup.com/
> >
> > -Ralph
>
> Ralph,
>
> It appears one can not make regular phone calls with FWD, only PC to PC
> calls. I have seen VOip setups which connect to a PBX box in quite a few
> offices which allow you to make calls over the internet.

I never said FWD offers a free SIP to PSTN gateway, though if you look
cosely at the site you'll see there is a free PSTN gateway for calling
toll-free numbers.

And if you want a PBX that can act as a VoIP gatway, that's exactly why I
mentioned Asterisk.

-Ralph

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