New site is at http://www.freeworlddialup.com, just posted today.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Austad, Jay 
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 1:16 PM
> To: 'tclug-list at mn-linux.org'
> Subject: RE: [TCLUG] Dialpad, phonefree.
> 
> 
> http://www.pulver.com/fwd
> 
> Not launched yet, but I'm a beta tester for it.  I still 
> haven't received my
> Komodo gateway though and it was supposed to be here last week.
> 
> You need some sort of high speed connection to use it though, 
> DSL, Cable,
> T1, etc.  And a static IP.  Apparently you'll be able to buy the Cisco
> Komodo gateways in Best Buy this summer.  
> 
> Basically, your gateway plugs into your network, and into 
> your phone line.
> You plug your phone into the gateway.  When you pick up your 
> phone to make a
> call, if it's local it gets passed over your normal phone 
> line, if it's LD
> the gateway checks the FWD server for another node in the 
> area code that you
> are calling, if one exists, it tells the remote gateway to 
> dial the number
> for you, and then patches your gateway to the remote one via IP.  If a
> remote node doesn't exist, it just routes over your normal 
> line.  You have
> to obviously share your line with others calling your area 
> code, but you get
> free phone calls to other places (even out of the country).
> 
> Jay
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Jorgensen [mailto:jasonj at talkware.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 10:45 AM
> > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> > Subject: [TCLUG] Dialpad, phonefree.
> > 
> > 
> > Has anyone found any free or real cheap long distance 
> calling services
> > like dialpad or phonefree that support linux? Even if the 
> > service was 1
> > cent a minute I would use it.
> > 
> > The only one that I have found is Phonenet 
(www.phonenet.net). But it
> requires hardware and I would prefer a software solution. And the rate
> is either going to be 3 or 4 cents a minute. And I can just 
> get a phone
> card with a rate of 3.9 cents a minute.
> 
> 
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