On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Vieri <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to integrate Skype and Asterisk but I'm only interested in these 2 > things: > > 1) allow any Asterisk SIP extension to call any Skype "user". I do not need > to call landlines via Skype. >
I think this is _explicitly_ not supported in the Skype for SIP docs. > 2) allow Internet Skype "users" to call my Asterisk PBX Skype "user" and > route the call to a specific Asterisk SIP extension. > Here is how it goes from my experience with Skype: each SIP channel will cost you about $5 a month, regardless if you have a landline number with them or not. Your account will be assigned a special Skype number 99xxxxxxxxxxxxx . With that number a Skype user can call you and it will be free. You _cannot_ call Skype users from your PBX, as I stated above, this is an explicit no-no in the docs. If you want to make calls from your PBX to landlines you have to buy Skype credit just like you would with a regular skype client. If you want land-lines to call your PBX you need to purchase a skype number which about $60 a year. > At first, I thought it would be simple and free. However, correct me if I'm > wrong but the Skype "user" I can use within the Asterisk PBX cannot be the > "standard type" (used by eg. desktop Skype applications) but needs to be > created by the Skype User Manager for Business Solutions. I believe this has > a price although Skype For SIP Open Beta seems to be free until Q4 2010. I think you can associate existing skype users to your Business Solutions manager but I still don't understand exactly how or why this is useful, and I don't think it has to do with you being able to call any of them from your PBX. Then again I haven't paid much attention to that and perhaps you have more insight into this. > > Has anyone found a way to make "pure Internet user-to-user" Skype/SIP calls > via Asterisk (no PSTN involved) for free? As I said above, once you have purchased your SIP channel you can make free calls to your PBX using the special number but it's only INBOUND AFAIK. Best, Alejandro Imass > > Thanks, > > Vieri > > > > > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- 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 > -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- 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
