From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 12 07:05:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 902CF16A47B for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:05:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kjelderg@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.168]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1B6E43CA5 for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:03:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kjelderg@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o2so1426508uge for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:05:07 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=s0bNH0QkU0sy9fv2i89g5eCJcsGDtdAaqgvogHaFNzV+61i6iTGjAMtDT91YUDd2h/0sW88m0c6R9Vjgyg5W0AAHaP8d+uCO2zgjUgjPKj1t9VOwmZGOcPp+hIBQ6AeGPmaEw8NIFiyufEE1LUqkn8G2GCMySABXpfzXng3JFYw= Received: by 10.67.22.7 with SMTP id z7mr4930842ugi.1165907107745; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:05:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.67.10.4 with HTTP; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:05:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:05:07 -0600 From: "Eric Kjeldergaard" To: "Tsu-Fan Cheng" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: skype and other *phones X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:05:09 -0000 On 12/10/06, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: > > Hi people, > hapy holiday! i have a question about the internet phone apps, what is > the > major difference between skype and other *phone system? and I know that > bsd > has limited support of sound card that works with skype in the past, I > wonder if the support is getting better these days? and also how is the > driver support for other *phone apps? thank you for your time!! If you are open to suggestions on other phone systems, I have been very much enjoying my gizmo account. (gizmoproject.com) I generally use ekiga to connect to it, but the benefit of gizmo is that it uses the standard SIP protocol for accessing the service. Further, the rates are quite good. For free it gives services like incoming phone calls, voice mail, and free SIP<->SIP calls. For a $.01/minute (for US numbers) fee it gives outgoing to-landline calls. Don't mean to sound like an advertisement, I just love open standards being used. Eric Kjeldergaard -- If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised.