On Saturday 23 September 2006 22:55, Steve Holdoway wrote: > Yes, I have read it. I am worried that conversion of audio formats does > require significant cpu, and because of that what I perceive as the major > benefit of voip - to seamlessly interface to your current phone - isn't > being addressed by these devices.
I agree, unless you are using VoIP specifically for talking between two parties and two parties only then - at this point in time - it's most useful if it's integrated with the PSTN. The Gumstix are very cool though, I have been wanting to use one for something for ages. It would be possible to use the Gumstix with Astlinux on a LAN with no transcoding between formats, you could also use an external FXO device such as the Linksys SPA3102 to hop off to the PSTN. Probably not particularly practical, but definitely possible :) hads -- http://nicegear.co.nz New Zealand's VoIP Supplier
