Thanks to Chris and Tony. Chris, I looked into skype site, but I still don't know, if I go with Skype, will I have a hardline number which other people can call me back? Sound like a silly question.<br><br>Tony, I guess your solution is interesting, I am still studying the two links you gave me, it might be the way to go for me.<br>
<br>Thanks again,<br>Hai<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Tony Cratz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cratz@hematite.com">cratz@hematite.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On 12/23/2010 11:58 AM, Chris wrote:<br>
> Try skype.<br>
> Thttp://<a href="http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/linux" target="_blank">www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/linux</a>.<br>
<br>
</div> Skype can be a good solution. It does have limits. Depending on<br>
what you use plan requires.<br>
<br>
If your use plan is where you have your own PBX then maybe a<br>
solution such as Asterisk might be what you are looking for.<br>
<br>
Asterisk can be used to connect to remote VoIP servers or VoIP<br>
phones (hard or softphones), or even to a POTS (plain old<br>
telephone system). Depending on what you require you may need<br>
either an interface card or ATA (analog telephone adapter).<br>
Myself I like to have an Ethernet ATA instead of using an<br>
interface card, and the reason for this is it is not dependent<br>
on the type of computer it is being used on like an interface<br>
card (meaning the edge connector on the card) can be.<br>
<br>
In any case <a href="http://www.voip-info.org/" target="_blank">http://www.voip-info.org/</a> will become your friend<br>
and sites such as <a href="http://www.voipsupply.com/" target="_blank">http://www.voipsupply.com/</a> for hardware.<br>
<br>
As a person who had an Asterisk PBX in the past I really loved<br>
having it. I had mine set-up to give the 'your call may be<br>
monitored or recorded' statement to everyone unless they where<br>
in my white list. This was great at getting rid of SPAM calls.<br>
Another thing was the black list I had. The black list was great<br>
for those callers who don't honor the Do not call list (such as<br>
political parties, ex-friends/lovers, creditors, people who<br>
always dial the wrong number (I should note my house phone<br>
number has been the same for the past 45 years and I really hate<br>
people telling me it belongs to someone else just because they<br>
hit the wrong digit ever time they try to call the person they<br>
ask for)). Another solution might be if you have kids and you<br>
want to force calls after say 9PM to go to voice mail. A good<br>
solution for people who rent might be the option to set-up<br>
different extensions and voice mail boxes for members of the<br>
household ... press 1 for Bob, 2 for Tom, 3 for Harry and so<br>
on.<br>
<br>
I feel everyone should have their own PBX on their landlines.<br>
Yes I know a lot of people are moving to cell phones as their<br>
primary phone. But there are still areas where cell phones<br>
don't work. And I like to keep some things more private so I<br>
use the landlines instead of cell phones. For example the<br>
default number I give out is the landline and not the cell<br>
phone number. Then I use my own set of lists to filter people.<br>
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Tony<br>
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