From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Guess it's worth only getting the $15 version then.

--
Glenn M.


"Geo."  wrote in message
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> I haven't looked at that aspect of it yet but I don't see where it
assigned
> me a phone number of any type. I did discover something about the account
> that I don't like, today I got my confirmation email and it says it will
> expire my remaining balance in 120 days if I don't use it up, that's bs if
> you ask me. Calling cards don't expire like that so why should this? They
> should have made it a year at least.
>
> Geo.
>
> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> news:3f91f793{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Haven't gone to get it yet, but does it allow PC to PC like ICQPhone and
> > others do, or just PC to Phone number?  Can someone with a land phone
call
> > you on the PC?
> >
> > --
> > Glenn M.
> >
> >
> > "Geo."  wrote in message
news:3f91edc0$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > I set my firewall to allow this one application to talk to the world,
it
> > > talks to one small group of servers. I didn't limit it to a port but
it
> > > looks like you could limit it to one high port. I think they have a
> demo,
> > > you download the software and where you put in your username/password
> > there
> > > was a choice of "guest" so I think maybe they give
you 2 minutes of
free
> > > test or something. The program itself was only 844K.
> > >
> > > It does run a small banner ad that it tries to http get from one of
the
> > > servers, I blocked that  but I didn't need to as it
is a real small
> > > banner.
> > >
> > > Geo.
> > >
> > > "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> > > news:3f91e7e9$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > How well does it do with firewalls and such?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Glenn M.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Geo."  wrote in message
> news:3f91e2cc$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > > Has anyone here tried www.dialpad.com yet? They
have a $15 prepaid
> > > account
> > > > > (no monthly charge so if I don't like it I just
use it up and
don't
> > buy
> > > > more
> > > > > time) that I just signed up for and of all the pc telephone
software
> > > I've
> > > > > tried, this is the nicest by far. It's really clear, small,
> efficient
> > > and
> > > > > not at all obnoxious. I really like the prepaid
account deal they
> have
> > > > too,
> > > > > $0.029/minute to US or London, $15=500 minutes
prepaid seems like
it
> > > > should
> > > > > be a pretty handy utility/test. I didn't expect it
to be as clear
as
> a
> > > > phone
> > > > > but I called my mother's house and she had no idea
I wasn't using
> the
> > > > phone,
> > > > > it costs $0.05 to call her on the regular phone so
this is 40%
> > cheaper.
> > > > >
> > > > > Glenn M, if you are reading I know you like this
internet phone
> stuff
> > so
> > > > you
> > > > > might really like this one compared to the one you
used to use.
> > > > >
> > > > > Geo.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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