VoIP calls through webcafés when travelling? [closed]

VoIP calls through webcafés when travelling? [closed]

While reading this article from the NYT that shows how to make cheap calls from overseas with a cellphone, I was thinking of an alternative: Do you know of a compact IP phone that comes with two Ethernet plugs (usually labeled "WAN/LAN") so I could just unplug the Ethernet cable from any PC in a webcafé, plug it into the phone's WAN plug, re-plug the PC into the phone's LAN plug, and have the phone connect to a VoIP provider?

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Guest [Entry]

If you have WiFi access try a UTStarcom F3000 VoIP phone. I have two and they work fine.

Guest [Entry]

"I don't think you need to go all that trouble just to make VoIP calls.

If you have a laptop then most probably yours has wifi connectin already and most if not all webcafes has wifi service.

Also if you are using a PC already on webcafes then why not just use a softphone, put your VoIP details there and voila! you can make voip calls already because all cafes has headsets now.

I do this all the time when I don't have my laptop with me and I need to make international calls using my voip service."