[NTLUG:Discuss] Point to Point internet phone project

[Johnny Cybermyth]

Perhaps these Linux Journal links could help.  They are articles found 
the the Jan '06 issue.

Build a Skype Server for Your Home Phone System

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8592

Creating a Home PBX Using Asterisk and Digium

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8591

I think the first article is more in line with what you actually want, 
but since someone else mentioned Asterisk as a possibility, you get two 
links instead of one!

--Johnny

. Daniel wrote:
> There are countless ways to do this I am sure, but I will sketch out what I 
> hope to be able to do and the circumstances under which I hope to do this:
> 
> 1. My wife's family is in Japan.  Her mother and father are not tech savvy 
> but they do have a broadband connection.
> 2. Memory Kings in Carrollton has a pretty nice deal on these compact sized 
> Dell machines for about $250 or less, so I want to pick up a couple of 
> those.  (Plenty powerful with at least 2.4GHz processor and expandable to 
> 2GB though the first one I got came with 256MB)  That form factor precludes 
> most PCI or other adapter cards, however, since it has two half-height 
> slots.
> 3. I'll likely be in Japan some time in November so that's where my time 
> line is for creating these two communicator PCs.  My son is expected 
> mid-August but I don't want to take a newborn overseas too soon.
> 4. I'd like to install a computer and some sort of phone (preferably a POTS 
> type) that will allow for phone calls between my home and theirs with no 
> need nor intention to connect to any other service or provider.
> 5. Expanding beyond this to do things like send pictures or whatever is all 
> secondary though it would be a pretty neat thing as well.
> 6. The user interface should be a simple as humanly possible, preferably 
> not using a keyboard or video display.
> 
> So now I pose the question.  Given the information above, what ideas come 
> to mind about how this could be accomplished?
> 
> 
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