net2phone like app for the mac ?

[Charles Martin]

> From: Peter Nacken <caipirina at mac.com>
>
> Can I turn my iBook into a phone for cheap international calls ?
>
Sort of, yes.

> I recall having used some apps on the PC platform, but have not found
> anything for my iBook ... Even some "mac only" friends here keep 
> telling me
> that there is nothing like that for mac ... Is that true ?

Well, in the sense that there's no software I'm aware of that truly 
works well and allows you to ring up actual phones, no. There is a 
product I've downloaded but not tried called Mac2Phone, it is Java so 
it is VERY slow to load. Again, I haven't tried it yet. You can get it 
from Mac2phone.com

I have successfully used Netphone to talk to people overseas. It is not 
a "telephone" solution, just a "voice conferencing" solution. The other 
person has to be running the program at the same time, and you need to 
know their IP address. It seems to work very well, particularly on a 
fast connection, with only the tiniest of delays. You can get an 
evaluation version from haxialsoftware.com.

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