# internet telephony

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-telephony/99593>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 22, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-telephony/99593 "2002-03-22T19:52:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-telephony/99593/1 "2002-03-22T19:52:37Z")

</div>

When I had a cable modem I used MediaRing Talk to place phone calls over the net. I now have DSL and media ring does not support it. Does anyone know of a free program for placing calls over the net that supports DSL?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ModernRonin2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@ModernRonin2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ModernRonin2)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-telephony/99593/2 "2002-03-22T20:19:32Z")

</div>

I’m sure there are fifty different 'net telephony programs out there, but off the top of my head I can only remember one:

[PGPFone](http://web.mit.edu/network/pgpfone/)  
-Ben