Geoff Lane wrote: > On Tuesday, August 18, 2009, Gordon Henderson wrote: > >> I was under the impression that Three (who I guess you're using) >> placed a regular call over their network then "Skyped" it at their >> HQ - rather than have the Skype client actually reside in the >> handset.. (And I'm suspecting their 3G limitation is that they want >> to use their own 3G network rather than pay Orange for the call >> over their 2G network) > > I am using Three. At first I got two Three S1 Skypephones and was > allegedly one of the first business customers to take up those phones. > One handset was replaced under warranty for a basic Nokia (can't > remember the model number) that offered Bluetooth and could run the > Skype application. > > In both cases, AIUI you run the Skype client on your handset, which > uses 3G/HSDPA data bandwidth to connect to Skype via a NAT router in > Three's network. > > FWIW and IMO the S1 is rubbish. However some tell me that the S1 is > part of the problem I have using Skype and that the S2 is considerably > better. > It's kinda a mixture of both, the client on the handset sets up the call that is a regular voice call through their gateway.
A bit (although not much) like the way international roaming SIMS make calls. _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
