On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 09:26:02AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 07:24:30AM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: > > I know this is a bit OT, but can somebody explain to me the allure of > > Skype when there is a huge SIP community, with soft phones, hard phones, > > and even the asterisk PBX in Linux? > > Asterisk PBX is for running real phone systems (not VoIP) over T1/E1 > (24/32 voice channels) and analog phone lines. It does extensions and
It does these things, yes, but it *does* do VOIP. I use it in my own home for precisely that purpose, and get 1.1 cent per minute long distance service from voxee.com right now. I also use fwdnet.net to make calls over the Internet to other VOIP users. > skype and other VoIP systems are for making phone calls over the > internet to other VoIP users, and on some systems (I believe skype is > one of them) it also deals with transfering the call to a normal > telephone and vice versa. I am pretty sure asterisk also allows for > VoIP but that is certainly not its main purpose. I would argue with you about that, but in any case, asterisk is by no means the only VOIP software in Debian that can speak the standard SIP protocol. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
