btw if there is no good softphone for IAX which does G729, i could possibly get my company to buy consulting time from say DIAX and make dante develop it further,
t On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:03:48 -0800, Sys Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2 reasons for not using IAX: > A. CDR as part of the media > B. Not good hardphone / softphone > > Problem A (CDR as part of the media) I am not worried about too much, > as long as the data is there some parsing will allow me to extract it > and then do what i want to do with it. > > Problem B (Not good hardphone / softphone) what would be the best > hardphone/softphone to make it work ? > > t > > > On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:15:22 -0500, Andrew Kohlsmith > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On March 21, 2005 01:07 pm, Kevin P. Fleming wrote: > > > Well, let's see.. 99.99% of the available VOIP hardware only support > > > SIP, MGCP and H.323, but not IAX2. Is that a good reason? > > > > No. 95% of the marketplaces uses Windows. Drive the marketplace to use > > better protocols. > > > > > IAX2 calls between servers carry the signaling and media in the same > > > connection, which is good for NAT issues, but bad for CDR and traffic > > > control issues. SIP handles them separately, so you can keep complete > > > CDR without forcing the media to follow the same path. Is that a good > > > reason? > > > > Yes, but the dynamic port allocation and ABSOLUTELY INSANE WORDINESS and > > WASTAGE of the SIP control protocol is reason enough for me to never want to > > support it. While perhaps not worth much on my own, I am voting with my > > wallet and my feet. I will not support SIP, nor will I purchase products or > > services which require it. > > > > -A. > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
