On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 17:14:37 -0600, Michael Giagnocavo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
Precisely. First world environment! Try travelling in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, where everything is still mostly dialup and many of the phone wires installed go back before the time when plastic was invented. > Simply writing a better spec and then hoping > that magically the entire world is going to support it Come on. You know as well as I do that this is not representing the situation at all. In fact it fails to give credit to Mark and others who have been working hard to make IAX what it is today. It's not fair to say that all they did was "write a better spec and hope". IAX is a reality, it is already being supported by an increasing number of VoIP service providers who use it to deliver millions of minutes of phone calls. IAX is now used and supported even by Jeff Pulver and FWD, recognised by many in the industry as a pioneer of VoIP. There is at least one chip manufacturer who has chosen to built IAX support into their chip and there are several phone manufacturers supporting IAX or are about to support IAX. This is definitely well beyond "writing a better spec and hope". rgds benjk -- Sunrise Telephone Systems, 9F Shibuya Daikyo Bldg., 1-13-5 Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. NB: Spam filters in place. Messages unrelated to the * mailing lists may get trashed. _______________________________________________ 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
