| Linux-Phone.net VOIP Howto
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| Simplified VOIP Howto
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- Get your webcam and sound card working on your PC first
- Make sure your can hear sound on your speakers
- Make sure your can talk into the microphone
( record a sound file and play it back )
- How do you call them ??
- you can send to their netmeeting account
- you can call their voip phone number and voicemail systems
- you can call their regular phone number
- Configure netmeeting and/or gnomemeeting
- you need to get their email address tied to *meeting
- FREE video conferencing - no privacy - not secure -
- VOIP phone calls are FREE as long as you have
your own gateway and voip softphone or voip phone
- Install some VOIP software ( soft phone )
- Call somebody that has a working voip handset or voip system
- Get a VOIP Handset -and- you might also need a VOIP Gateway
- Try to call someone on their regular phone line
- they will need a voip Telco and Gateway to receive your voip call
- You save $$$ on their international phone calls
- Try to receive a VOIP call on your regular phone line
- You should have your own VOIP Gateway to your regular phone
- They save $$$ on their international phone calls
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| VOIP Requirements
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- To Make a VOIP Phone call, you will need either
- VOIP Gateways are needed when you use regular phones
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| PC-Based VOIP System
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- This is sometimes called a VOIP Soft Phone
- VOIP software on your PC
- System uses your computer's sound card
- You'd need to use a microphone to talk
- You'd need a speaker or headphone to hear the other side
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| VOIP Handset System
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- A VOIP Handset has everything you need
- But it might require a VOIP Gateway
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| Regular Phone
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- If you use a regular phone, you need to find a local VOIP Telco in your neighborhood and probably pay their membership and service fees which allows you access to their VOIP Gateway
- You should buy or build your own VOIP Gateway starting from $50 range
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