Liberty oriented VoIP service!

[mvpel]

Satellite internet also has a very long latency, due to the distance to geosynchronous orbit.  It's not so much the bandwith that's the issue, but the fact that it can take nearly a second for data to get to and from the internet servers, which makes voice traffic all but impossible.

[error]

Does this work with sattelite internet?

VoIP services don't really work on satellite Internet. The latency is much too long. And there's nothing you can do about it, since the satellite is 22,000 miles away.

If you're moving out into the sticks where normal cable and DSL service aren't available, one option that might be available is fixed wireless service. In the Lebanon/Hanover/Dartmouth area, segNET is offering fixed wireless service. There are a few other providers experimenting with fixed wireless around the north country.

In a pinch, VoIP can be run over a dialup connection, but the quality needs to be adjusted (downward) and if you've got dialup, you may as well use the landline.

[Bald Eagle]

OK, so I've just got the box, plugged it into the router, but don't have the appropriate connector to hook up my only currently owned phone which is a wall mounted rotary dial with a male jack designed to be connected to a female-connector mounting plate (the faux rotary-dial push-button desk phone from Crate and barrel was dying, so it got dumpsterized during the move).

Anyway, this got me thinking. 

1. Since I can't dial out with the rotary dial, can I have the computer dial the number while I've got the rotary dial phone off the hook?

2. I've found a web page that allows me to send a text message to our TracFone http://www.jasonholm.com/tracfone.html and if that worked, I was wondering if the same sort of system could be hooked up to send an audio file to a voice mail box or Porc-411, or to use a Skype-type software so the client can use microphone/speakers to conduct calls.

3. Can I use my computer as an answering machine, or is there a remote/server based voice mail box associated with the VOIP service already?

3a. Can I have my computer record phone conversations with bureacrats and have it emit a beep once every 5 seconds or whatever the Phone Nazis require me to do in order to legally record phone conversations?

3b.  Can specific phone numbers be blocked, forwarded, sent to a recording?

I'm well aware that this is all new, and that some of these things are justifiably in the realm of , "yeah sure, if you pay me for that service."

Just curious what the capabilities of this gizmo are.

[error]

All you have is a ROTARY PHONE?!? I knew Virginia was backwards, but I didn't think it was THAT backwards! Get thee to a Wal-Mart and buy a phone!

For the voicemail service, yes, you have voicemail. Read the nice piece of paper which I threw in the box with it.

Yes, specific numbers can be blocked, forwarded or sent to a recording, but I haven't set up this capability yet.

[J’raxis 270145]

3a. Can I have my computer record phone conversations with bureacrats and have it emit a beep once every 5 seconds or whatever the Phone Nazis require me to do in order to legally record phone conversations?

Eh? If someone calls you, all you need is an automated message before you pick up. Something along the lines of, "This call may be recorded for quality assurance," like most businesses use.

[Bald Eagle]

All you have is a ROTARY PHONE?!? I knew Virginia was backwards, but I didn't think it was THAT backwards! Get thee to a Wal-Mart and buy a phone!

Yep.  Y'all hi-falootin fancy city slicker VOIP doo-hickey done been bumpkinized!



Don't worry, we just got a Uniden 5.8 GHz cordless from Staples.

I'm still not giving up the rotary.   

[error]

Yep.  Y'all hi-falootin fancy city slicker VOIP doo-hickey done been bumpkinized!



Don't worry, we just got a Uniden 5.8 GHz cordless from Staples.

I'm still not giving up the rotary.   

Oh don't worry, I understand very well the allure of antiques.

[error]

What if you don't presently have a telephone line?  All I have is a shared DSL connection.

Then you give me some money and I'll hook you up.

[error]

Do people actually still use land lines for non commercial purposes?

Um, yes, they do. Well, a few of them anyway.

[NHRes2004]

Do people actually still use land lines for non commercial purposes?

Yes. I have cable digital telephone - unlimited long distance for $40/month.

My cell phone is pay-as-you-go. I spend less than $20/month on it, no long-term commitment and the company doesn't know who I am or where I live.

[J’raxis 270145]

Do people actually still use land lines for non commercial purposes?

Yes. I have cable digital telephone - unlimited long distance for $40/month.

My cell phone is pay-as-you-go. I spend less than $20/month on it, no long-term commitment and the company doesn't know who I am or where I live.

Who/what are you using here, now?

[NHRes2004]

Do people actually still use land lines for non commercial purposes?

Yes. I have cable digital telephone - unlimited long distance for $40/month.

My cell phone is pay-as-you-go. I spend less than $20/month on it, no long-term commitment and the company doesn't know who I am or where I live.

Who/what are you using here, now?

Comcast cable for landline and Virgin Mobile for the cell. $6.99/month and $0.10/minute. Yes, the minutes are expensive but I don't use it much and I don't have a long term commitment nor do I have to let them know who I am or exactly where I live. (I gave them the correct zip to get a local area code and exchange but a fake name and address.)

[error]

T-Mobile prepaid never asked me for a name or address. And I get 10 cents a minute (with a $100 card good for a year) with no daily or monthly charge. They did, however, give me a phone number that's apparently still being monitored by the feds because of its previous owner, a convicted drug dealer.

[mvpel]

Wow, is that $40 price for just the phone service??

[Tom Sawyer]

Point, Click ... Eavesdrop: How the FBI Wiretap Net Operates