Posted on 08/13/2013 12:03:08 PM PDT by topher
There are various things out there. But I could not find something to set this up.
VoIP (Voice over IP) has been around for a long time.
I would not mind just using headphones and a microphone to make the phone call.
There is a website IPKall.com that will give you a Washington state telephone number.
But I am not sure how you set up the VoIP part. I tried to see if there were any other threads on this.
I guess using SKYPE is one way to do this, but not to call someone else who has a real telephone...
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(1) They connected the phone line to someone else's residence, but billed me for the time it was connected to the wrong residence.
(2) I could not get DIAL UP to work (and I blamed the DIAL UP provider, afte all A T & T knows how to install telephones)
(3) It took forever ( 5 days for A T & T ) to install service at the wrong place.
(4) It took forever for A T & T to disconnect service (5 days).
(5) A T & T never got my telephone to work properly.
(6) On the installation visit, A T & T said my cell number was a bad number, and did not try to call the SECOND NUMBER they required for installation.
In Contrast, I bought the Magic Jack, and used the chat service to get it working in about 20 minutes. So I had PHYSICALLY had the MAGIC JACK, it was only 20 minutes before it was working fine.
Once upon a time I moved into a place and idly connected the phone line to a phone and found it was working and found it was also connected to someone elses house miles away. weird. So of course I ran up the bill. lol.
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