Finally my question, can I get SIP on my laptop, and call home,
> bypassing the POTS (and for that matter, Vonage) entirely?
I doubt it. There used to be a gateway between Pulver's Free World Dialup (see
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and Vonage, but the FWD web site now says "SHUT OFF BY VONAGE!!!"
I would suggest getting Skype and using Skypeout which costs about
2 cents/minute, no monthly fee or minimum.R's,
John