[ILUG] SKYPE

[Philip Trickett (List)]

On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 10:34 +0100, Barry O'Donovan wrote:

> Currently, I use Skype to talk to other Skype users and I have gotten a 
> Blueface [2] SIP/VoIP account with Dublin phone number for E9.99 a 
> month which I use with KPhone [3]. They also offer pay as you go 
> accounts and they have recently added other Irish geographic numbers to 
> their product line. Their support was very good including e-mailing me 
> advice as they noticed that I was having probelms logging in (KPhone's 
> configuration dialog isn't exactly intuitive). 
> 
Just checking, but can you use Asterisk with Blueface?


> I am having trouble finding a good Linux VoIP client (recommendations 
> anyone?). KPhone is adequate as best, crashes frequently and has few or 
> no features. It's DTMF tones are also incompatible with Blueface's 
> voice message system (this could be a problem with Blueface as the 
> tones work for other systems such as the Ormonde Cinema who have been 
> repairing their online purchasing system for six months now... but 
> that's another day's rant).
> 

Have you looked at the current development version of Gnomemeeting? The
SIP support in that is meant to be very good.  

Also, what about buying a Cisco IP phone off EBay and using that with
asterisk?


Thanks for the pointer to Blueface, it looks good!

Phil