On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 10:27:39 -0800 (PST), Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net> said: Look, just do it, and you'll see that there aren't any problems in this area.
For those looking to "just do it", it's not very complicated or expensive to try -- and the quality is very, very good esp. if you have broadband. For an easy, step-by-step way to try it out over the public, non-QoS Internet, look at the steps at: http://www.pulver.com/fwd (yes, there are other free, public SIP servers, but I haven't found any with as much useful "documentation" and I'm not associated with pulver.com except for being an enthusiastic FWD user) FWIW, I purchased a Cisco ATA-186 and then a 7960 on eBay (after trying out MS Messenger and finding it lacking) and they just work. I also have used the same units to get a PSTN phone number routed over IP using www.iconnecthere.com -- and you can make it work behind NAT too (but I can assure you it's easier without NAT). I'm willing to play tech support via email if anyone has questions about getting started. Adi