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  1. Re:SIP by Technician · · Score: 1 · on FTC Approves Microsoft's Takeover of Skype

    For SIP to SIP, that is always free.
    I'm using Ekiga for that.
    Use a soft phone to dial sip users as a user name is used instead of a phone number that can be dialed on a plain telephone. An ATA can be used to receive calls from SIP to SIP or from a provisioner. You can get a free SIP account from Ekiga https://www.ekiga.net/

    For free inbound with a local Washington State USA number, IPKall is completely free. You can use this number worldwide. For example if you live in Australia, you can have a US number for people to call you.
    http://www.ipkall.com/

    For outbound calls there are a variety of low rate and unlimited plans. I'm using Lingo.
    https://www.lingo.com/

    All of the above can be used with an ATA adaptor that is not locked to a carrier such as Vontage.

  2. Re:Replacement for Skype? Ekiga by qpqp · · Score: 1 · on Ask Slashdot: FOSS, Multiplatform Skype Replacement for PC-to-PC Video Chat?

    You need a software to use this address. Any SIP aware software will do, but we recommend our free Ekiga softphone, which has Instant-Messaging, Audio and Video built-in.

    from the homepage.

  3. Re:DIY by Curtman · · Score: 1 · on Gmail Video Chat Now Available On Linux

    Why not just use Ekiga (formerly known as Gnomemeeting)? I've been using it for videoconferencing for years, and it's very stable.

  4. Re:Apps! by ion.simon.c · · Score: 2, Informative · on How Microsoft Beats GNU/Linux In Schools

    It's that users don't want to have to fuck around with shit to make it work.

    I didn't *have* to fuck around with anything to get Mplayer, Thunderbird, and Pidgin installed and running. I said "Package Manager, make it so! (and install all the eeeevil codecs, while you're at it)".
    I agree that mplayer's frontend sucks. But, have you used Amarok? I have. It's pretty fucking awsome. It claims to have iPod (and other music device) support, but I don't have any such devices to test that claim. IMO, Amarok's waaaaay better than iTunes, and -as a music player and organizer- parsecs beyond WMP. I simply asked my package manager to install that one, too. ;)

    And gnomemeeting? I'm thinking you don't actually use it,

    You caught me. :/ *has no reason to be videoconferencing.* I don't have a webcam, but did have Ekiga installed -for some damn reason-, so I ran the "Configuration Druid" and accepted the defaults at every page. It ended up autodetected my sound hardware and my NAT, and then enabled STUN.
    I then called sip:500@ekiga.net as suggested here, and heard my voice! I called sip:520@ekiga.net as suggested here and found out that I could, indeed be reached from the outside world. I even had a friend call me from his Asterisk site. After thirty mintues of him futzing with his mis-configured Asterisk server, we got a couple of crystal-clear calls in!

    I tried to have a Windows using friend call me with Windows Messenger. Following these instructions failed at the login step. Windows Messenger claimed that it couldn't establish a session with ekiga.net. Installing Ekiga and the GTK Runtime worked wonderfully, though. Just like it did on Linux, after my buddy fixed his Asterisk setup.
    Are you behind a NAT? If not, would you like to try a SIP call using Windows Messenger?

  5. Re:Ekiga better than Skype by ClickOnThis · · Score: 1 · on Skype's Free Phone Call Plan Will Soon Have Annual Fee

    Boy, that sounds great! Now, just point me at the installer for Windows XP!

    http://snapshots.ekiga.net/win32.php

    It's beta, but hey, you asked, and there it is...

  6. Ekiga better than Skype by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative · on Skype's Free Phone Call Plan Will Soon Have Annual Fee

    Anyone who has ever used Ekiga will never use Skype again. Ekiga is a VoIP client with video and IM capability, phone book, etc. and it has excellent sound quality. You can get the software here: http://ekiga.org/ and if you don't have a VoIP address yet you can get one here: http://ekiga.net/ or here: http://www.freeworlddialup.com/

  7. SIP-clients by aliquis · · Score: 1 · on Firefox VoIP Client

    no
    no
    no
    and no

  8. Yes! Ekiga works well with consumer VoIP by dcorking · · Score: 1 · on Ekiga 2.0 Released

    Last week I tried out the Beta in advance of the release of 2.0.0

    Ekiga worked well for me with consumer/SOHO SIP providers FWD (http://www.freeworlddialup.com/ ) and Gradwell (http://www.gradwell.com/voip ) as well as http://www.ekiga.net./ I imagine the final version will work fine with http://www.speakeasy.net/home/voip/ but I can't be certain as Speakeasy don't mention on their site what technology they use, or if they will tell you your VoIP username and password. I don't know how their 'Remote Office' private WAN works.

    Why not try it and let the world know on the Ekiga mailing list http://www.ekiga.org/index.php?rub=8

    One alternative is to get Speakeasy at home, and a low cost SIP account for the laptop (you can get a free Washington State number from ipkall, and there are many other low cost SIP options.) Configure your speakeasy account to forward your calls to your laptop while you are away. Ekiga will work fine on the laptop.