Phones and VoIP

[ciphergoth]

Two questions:

1) By any chance, does anyone have a spare tri- or quad-band phone I can use while I'm in SF? My SIM card has arrived and I have a phone I can use in this country, but it would be nice to have a phone while I'm away.

2) What's the best way to get a voice conversation between a Linux and a Windows machine? I have Ekiga installed under Linux and it seems to work, and I've got myself a SIP address, so one way would be to find a good SIP client for Windows. But perhaps I should be using something else altogether? I've Googled, of course, but one recommendation from someone who's been there is worth a thousand searches.

Comments

[olethros.livejournal.com]

X-lite is a good free (as in beer) VoIP client. I use it regularly on Mac OS X and have used it successfully on Windows. (I've even gotten it working under Wine on Ubuntu, but that was a bit scary.)

I think you're already well aware of the details of the SIP vs. Skype argument. :-)

[olethros.livejournal.com]

Two things:

- sorry for being unclear. X-Lite is of course a SIP client. The ubuntu thing was because I couldn't find a decent SIP client for Linux at the time...

- It's some time since I've installed it under Windows, and what's there for download seems to be one or two major versions removed from what I tried. I can't speak for what they've done to it, but if the basic features remain the same then it should be at least ok, perhaps even very good.

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

ooooh! Will try this tonight. Thanks!

[olethros.livejournal.com]

Out of interest, any lucl?

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Seems best suggestion so far but acid test is tonight - will let you know.