Need help with Android and VOIP

[tmettler5]

I know I could search the huge volume of threads for voip, and I have tried and haven't come up with the exact info I need.

My mom was recently (as in, 4 days ago) diagnosed with brain cancer and she and my dad are going to need a lot of help over the next several months. The problem is they live in a really crappy service area and making or receiving calls is spotty at best.

I have been trying to figure out how to use my Droid Incredible as an internet phone while I am out here, and have read lots of vague or technical information, but nothing concrete, step-by-step and clear. Here is what I have so far:

a PBXes account
Google Voice
SIPdroid.

I have been reading the PBXes website for their setup and it makes no sense to me...what the hell is a trunk? I don't know any of the jargon...

I could really use some help.

 

[zuben el genubi]

I had the same problem with Symbian. It's like a state secret!
Here's a link for a different phone, but he did explain quite a bit of it.
I think it's generic enough.
How to: VoIP and SIP Client guide for Nokia phones
Best info I've found. It's from someone named ambsace.
DID was what threw me. I'll still be looking for info.

 

[zuben el genubi]

Also some of the web sites for the SIP providers - a lot are for business and cater to IT depts -
Some of the others look like ads you would never click on - for fear that you would get a virus!
Need a list of reliable vendors that others have used.
Z