> What is wrong with IAX2 protocol? > If IAX2 is so much better than SIP so why providers discontinuing support for > IAX2 > > I was with provider "callwithus" but they discontinue IAX2 > I switched to "checkbox.cc" but they discontinued it as well. > > What is wrong with IAX2?
The same thing that's wrong with a lot of theoretically superior technologies: SIP is *more* universal, and therefore if it's a choice of supporting two technologies or just one, SIP has more bang for the buck. Almost every gadget or gizmo supports SIP. Few support IAX2. To support IAX2 for the relatively small number of people who know what it is and who are running Asterisk or IAX2-capable gear may be more trouble than it is worth. ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples. -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
