[blu] broadband phones?

[gerald.feldman at hp.com (Jerry Feldman)]

We had a VOIP meeting scheduled a few months ago, but the speaker was unable 
to make the meeting. I'll try to reschedule him in the near future. 


On Monday 29 November 2004 1:22 pm, Chris Marget wrote:
> i've got service from broadvoice.
>
> i chose them because they seem really friendly to the do-it-yourself
> community.  my ATA (analog telephone adapter) is a sipura 2000,
> purchased from voxilla.
>
> $20/month for unlimited calling across the US and to several other
> countries.  yay!
>
> also, for a couple of dollars more,  i have incoming phone numbers in my
> far-away family's local calling area, so it's a local call for them to
> reach me.
>
> my ATA is hooked to a comcast cable modem.  initial configuration (which
> i had to do, as opposed to the locked-but-configured hardware from
> vonage) was a piece of cake.  it has always sounded fine, and *never*
> filed to give a dial tone.
>
> as others have mentioned, there are software versions of VOIP.  the
> point of these is to save the cost of the ATA hardware, using your PC's
> microphone and speaker, rather than a plain old telephone.
>
> /chris
>
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