VoIP Cookbook: PC to PC Internet Telephone Cal
This part will explain the simplest VoIP call technique using a computer to call another computer or VoIP network. All you need is a computer with a sound card, headset, microphone and internet connectivity. How much these equipments will cost depend on the specification you use. But since VoIP for personal use does not require sophisticated equipment, these equipments will not cost much. Of these requirements, bandwidth is perhaps the most important, as it determines how good the voice quality of your VoIP communication.
For this PC-to-PC communication, you need to register with a SIP provider. The one we provided as an example in this book is http://www.voiprakyat.or.id. Then you will learn how to install a softphone in your computer—the software required for VoIP communication—how to configure the softphone to register yourself using the SIP account you have created and how to use the softphone.
Click Register (Free) in order to obtain a free VoIP Rakyat number. With Register (Free) clicked, there are some information you have to fill in. These include your e-mail address, name, address, city and country. Nick Name field is provided for Jabber (chatting) account. At the end of registration process, we need to enter the provided Security Code.
After all information is filled in correctly, VoIP Rakyat provides us with a VoIP number, the password, Nick name required to allow us to make a call and chatting through VoIP Rakyat network. Please note that the server name is voiprakyat.or.id.
With the account provided, all we have to do is to transform our computer into telephone handset so that to can be used to call over the internet telephony network.