>On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 16:13:15 -0600, Michael Giagnocavo ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Unless SIP just plain does not work, I think it'll be hard (for IAX to >get >> excellent acceptance), > >Funny you should say that from the comfort of your first world >environment. In many countries internet infrastructure is such that >SIP does indeed simply not work, but IAX does.
Hi there, I'm in Guatemala. My current connectivity is via a modem (poorly implemented EVDO or CDMA, whichever is actually working at the moment). Before that we were using satellite. The telco tried to hook up ADSL (@ $229 for 512K) but fried the phone line, and two weeks later it's still messed up. Hardly what I'd call comfortable or first world. >Of course IAX, once going RFC, will have to start its own life outside >of Asterisk. My only point has been that IAX needs support. Marketing (in forms of standardization, or even "open source gurus" spouting stuff) needs to encourage people to pick it up. Simply writing a better spec and then hoping that magically the entire world is going to support it is, well, an interesting concept. (Hey, I hope it works!) >> My only point is that we can't just rely on a better design to somehow >> magically win out. Getting Digium to create a standard with input from >other >> vendors would be a huge plus and help pave the path forward. > >I totally disagree. IAX is not a standards committee protocol. It's a >grassroots thing. If it catches on, and we have any reason to believe >that it will, given how far it has already come, then it will be >through grassroots implementations. It will be through small vendors >who seek an edge and use IAX to get that edge, forcing other small >vendors to follow. Once there is a critical mass, even the bigger >vendors won't be able to ignore it. Well, I guess that's certainly one approach. I still don't see why this is a replacement or excuse for not trying other approaches. Nothing says you have to be purely grassroots. Also, you can bet that some companies who are making $$$,$$$ selling boxes just to "fix" SIP are going to be throwing lots of money against stuff that puts them out of business... -Michael _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
