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echo: barktopus
to: Geo.
from: Glenn Meadows
date: 2003-10-18 21:32:30
subject: Re: PC Phone service

From: "Glenn Meadows" 

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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