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Free World Dialup - pulver.com - How it works

Free World Dialup (FWD) “works” by connecting FWD members who have Broadband internet access with each other, and Free World Dialup - Lite allows modem users to connect, too. When you register for FWD, you are assigned a FWD number. Once you register your FWD phone with the FWD Network, you are able to contact all of the other registered FWD members if they are on-line when you are.

FWD is a community network of worldwide Internet consumers who call each other using SIP phones. SIP phones come in many shapes and sizes. Some SIP phones are hardware based and others are software based, “Softphones” which run on your PC. One supported hardware device, the Cisco ATA-186 connects to both your broadband internet access and either a regular telephone or a cordless telephone. Another supported hardware phone which has recently become a very popular prop in Hollywood movies and TV shows is the Cisco 7960. With FWD, you get a chance to put the Cisco 7960 to work!

Three softphones that have also been tested and are known to work with FWD include both the Windows based SJphone, Windows Messenger 4.6/4.7 (not MSN 5.0) and the Linux Kphone 2.1.

—- What’s the point if you can already talk with friends over *.Messengers? The SIP does not allow you to call cell phones or local phones anyway. And it does not have pictures!

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