Re: calling internationally

I pointed to the out-of-date (now deleted?) page because that's the link
that's in the email that goes out each week to tell everyone about the
call. We should change that link.

Jen Simmons
designer, consultant and speaker
host of The Web Ahead
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On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Amelia Bellamy-Royds <
amelia.bellamy.royds@gmail.com> wrote:

> As Doug May said, you can use a SIP client.  The w3 internal wiki [1] has
> some info on possibilities.  I have been using Ekiga [2], which both sets
> you up with a SIP address and provides the software to use it.
>
> The active "content meetings" page [3] was updated with that info, and I
> have just removed the out-of-date info from the page you linked to [4].
>  Perhaps some more clean-up or reorganization would be appropriate to make
> the current information the first page you come across, but at least we
> shouldn't have inaccurate information distracting you.
>
> [1]: http://www.w3.org/2006/tools/wiki/Zakim-SIP
> [2]: https://ekiga.im/index.php
> [3]: http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/WPD:Community/Meetings/Content
> [4]: http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/WPD:Meetings
>
> Hope to talk to you later,
> Amelia
>
>
> On 13 May 2014 06:06, Doug May <intuedge@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Jen - you can use a SIP client to connect.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 4:38 AM, Jen Simmons <jen@jensimmons.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Amelia,
>>> Didn't you write up a bit about how you best called the US conference
>>> call line internationally? I'm in the UK, without a phone and without Skype
>>> minutes. I'd rather use a free way to call Boston. If I remember right, you
>>> were struggling, but figured it out. We should post the recommendation
>>> here: http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/WPD:Meetings. That page claims
>>> people can call free with Skype, but I've never seen how Skype can call
>>> phone numbers for free. I'm not sure what the person who wrote that meant.
>>>
>>> Jen
>>>
>>> Jen Simmons
>>> designer, consultant and speaker
>>> host of The Web Ahead
>>> jensimmons.com
>>> 5by5.tv/webahead
>>> twitter: jensimmons <http://twitter.com/jensimmons>
>>>
>>>
>>
>