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Posted by on December 18, 2009, 12:41 am
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
On 12/18/2009 11:11 AM, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
> 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.
I think, SJPhone (a softphone) though proprietary with a free and, or
paid FreeWorldDialup FWD account is what you are looking for.
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Posted by on January 20, 2010, 7:53 pm
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
> exten => _0191800NXXXXXX,1,Dial(SIP/$@proxy.ideasip.com,60);jidanni
diff -r /tmp/original/modules.conf /etc/asterisk/modules.conf
53,54c53,54
< noload => chan_alsa.so
< ;noload => chan_oss.so
---
> ;noload => chan_alsa.so ;jidanni
> noload => chan_oss.so ;jidanni
diff -r /tmp/original/sip.conf /etc/asterisk/sip.conf
188a189,190
> disallow=all ;jidanni
> allow=gsm ;jidanni
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
> 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?
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.
> Hmm, I suppose I should be cautious, as somebody might offer me a
> IP destination, and then tap my call.
Yes. Governments will tap the call anyway.
Koos
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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.