On 5/2/13 11:08 PM, Brian wrote: > On Thu 02 May 2013 at 22:20:28 +0300, Lars Nooden wrote: > >> On Thu, 2 May 2013, Doug wrote: >> >>> On 05/02/2013 12:29 PM, Lars Nooden wrote: >>>> There are Blink, Linphone, Ekiga, Jitsi, and maybe a few others. Jitsi is >>>> quite useful. These are all SIP phones so they can all talk to each >>>> other, not locked into a single company like Skype. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> /Lars >>>> >>>> >>> But can they talk to folks using SKYPE? >>> >>> --doug >> >> They can all talk to eachother using SIP. Only Skype can talk to Skype, >> that's part of the lock-in. > > You are obviously unconcerned about SIP providers who lock their users > into using their service. SIP may be an open protocol but its users can > bend it to their own uses. Isn't that what it is all about? > > SIP-to-SIP uses the network; the protocol works. > > Users on SIP-network-X can only communicate with SIP-network-Y is not an > unknown situation. How does that differ from Skype?
I haven't run into that yet. Which SIP networks are to be avoided? Regards, /Lars -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51835bf9.7060...@gmail.com