--- On Sun, 7/18/10, Alejandro Imass <[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. Thanks Alejandro, I still don't see why one should pay for a channel when using a PBX but not when using a client such as Skype. OK, I know that the Skype network is proprietary and I have to accept whatever they say. However, if a "standard" user can call and receive for free then there should be a way to do it from a PBX such as Asterisk. In fact, I came across this project: http://www.mhspot.com/sts/siptosis.html It seems to be a bit of a "hack" in that it integrates a SIP PBX with a standard Skype client (which doesn't necessarily have to be on the same machine or same OS...). In short, one can use a standard Skype account and not pay a cent for user-to-user calls. Can chan_skype do that? (it doesn't seem to) Has anyone tried SipToSis? 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
