http://www.pulver.com/fwd Not launched yet, but I'm a beta tester for it. I still haven't received my Komodo gateway though and it was supposed to be here last week. You need some sort of high speed connection to use it though, DSL, Cable, T1, etc. And a static IP. Apparently you'll be able to buy the Cisco Komodo gateways in Best Buy this summer. Basically, your gateway plugs into your network, and into your phone line. You plug your phone into the gateway. When you pick up your phone to make a call, if it's local it gets passed over your normal phone line, if it's LD the gateway checks the FWD server for another node in the area code that you are calling, if one exists, it tells the remote gateway to dial the number for you, and then patches your gateway to the remote one via IP. If a remote node doesn't exist, it just routes over your normal line. You have to obviously share your line with others calling your area code, but you get free phone calls to other places (even out of the country). Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Jorgensen [mailto:jasonj at talkware.net] > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 10:45 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: [TCLUG] Dialpad, phonefree. > > > Has anyone found any free or real cheap long distance calling services > like dialpad or phonefree that support linux? Even if the > service was 1 > cent a minute I would use it. > > The only one that I have found is Phonenet (www.phonenet.net). But it > requires hardware and I would prefer a software solution. And the rate > is either going to be 3 or 4 cents a minute. And I can just > get a phone > card with a rate of 3.9 cents a minute. > > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >