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Posted by on December 18, 2009, 12:41 am
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Hello. I live in Taiwan and use Debian Linux. I want to call an 1-800 toll free US number, which of course is not toll free when calling from Taiwan. So how can I use this VoIP stuff to bridge the gap? I'm sure I'm capable of installing whatever .deb Debian software package is needed. But then what IP address would I direct my traffic to to make the jump from the Internet into the Phone system? My friend uses the Skype stuff, but all I want to do is make one or two calls to some 800 numbers, so don't want to subscribe to anything, pay any money, nor do I own a credit card. Hmm, I suppose I should be cautious, as somebody might offer me a IP destination, and then tap my call. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Balwinder S Dheeman on December 19, 2009, 12:12 am
Please log in for more thread options On 12/18/2009 11:11 AM, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:  paid FreeWorldDialup FWD account is what you are looking for. -- Balwinder S "bdheeman" Dheeman Registered Linux User: #229709 Anu'z Linux@HOME (Unix Shoppe) Machines: #168573, 170593, 259192 Chandigarh, UT, 160062, India Plan9, T2, Arch/Debian/FreeBSD/XP Home: http://werc.homelinux.net/ Visit: http://counter.li.org/ | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by on January 20, 2010, 7:53 pm
Please log in for more thread options Thanks. I found all I needed was to install asterisk, and change # diff -r /tmp/original /etc/asterisk diff -r /tmp/original/extensions.conf /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf 392a393 diff -r /tmp/original/modules.conf /etc/asterisk/modules.conf 53,54c53,54 < noload => chan_alsa.so < ;noload => chan_oss.so --- diff -r /tmp/original/sip.conf /etc/asterisk/sip.conf 188a189,190 Whereupon I could make calls using: CLI> console dial 0191800whatever | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Koos van den Hout on December 19, 2009, 10:28 am
Please log in for more thread options apt-get install ekiga Start ekiga, see if it configured itself correctly and dial 800xxxyyyy@voiper.ipkall.com Found ages ago via http://forum.voxilla.com/ipkall-support-forum/sip-tfn-toll-free-number-25180.html Havent't tested it in a while. Yes. Governments will tap the call anyway. Koos -- Koos van den Hout, PGP keyid DSS/1024 0xF0D7C263 via keyservers koos@kzdoos.xs4all.nl or RSA/1024 0xCA845CB5 Weather maps from free sources at http://idefix.net/~koos/ http://weather.idefix.net/ | ||||||||||||||||
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> I want to call an 1-800 toll free US number,
> which of course is not toll free when calling from Taiwan.
> So how can I use this VoIP stuff to bridge the gap?
> I'm sure I'm capable of installing whatever .deb Debian software package
> is needed. But then what IP address would I direct my traffic to to make
> the jump from the Internet into the Phone system?
>
> My friend uses the Skype stuff, but all I want to do is make one or two
> calls to some 800 numbers, so don't want to subscribe to anything, pay
> any money, nor do I own a credit card.
>
> Hmm, I suppose I should be cautious, as somebody might offer me a
> IP destination, and then tap my call.