[TriLUG] Slightly OT:Vonage vs. TWC Phone Service

Jon Carnes jonc at nc.rr.com
Sat Oct 8 15:02:28 EDT 2005


On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 20:49, Michael Lee wrote:
> Bringing the topic back to Linux.  For Vonage there exists an addon
> feature called SoftPhone that allows you to make calls from you
> laptop.  Is there anyway (preferable on Linux) to route calls remotely
> from a laptop back to your home and use the existing TA that
> TWC/Vonage/AT&T provides to put the calls on the POTS system?  This
> would allow you to remotely use your home phone to make calls to
> people with regular phones.

Simpler just to take the "TA" with you. It works anywhere you have
internet access. Once you go VoIP, geographical bounds disappear - a
difficult concept to get across to the FCC.

Jon Carnes
FeatureTel




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