Re: [asterisk-users] Announcement: Howler-optimised G.729A Solution for Asterisk
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Grygoriy Dobrovolskyy wrote: > > > 2009/6/24 Senad Jordanovic > >> Jay Fenton wrote: >> > [ Optimised G.729A 'Howlet' for Asterisk & FreSWITCH ] >> > >> > Howler Technologies are proud to announce today the launch of >> > their fully indemnified and highly optimised G.729A solution >> > for Asterisk, including a unique floating license model. >> >> Why would someone buy it instead of Digium g729 codec? >> >> > Concurrence is good. And the floating model across many server is > interesting idea. > > > Similar to Trixter's idea way back when but his was more of a "community" share. -- Thanks, Steve Totaro +18887771888 (Toll Free) +12409381212 (Cell) +12024369784 (Skype) ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Announcement: Howler-optimised G.729A Solution for Asterisk
Jeff LaCoursiere schrieb: > I have a question in to them about how that floating licensing works, > though. Does that mean that with every call a license check must be made? > I don't see how it would work otherwise, and that means my whole business > - every call - is dependant on their license server being up and > reachable. I guess that you run your own license server and your machines check the availability of one of your licenses there. At least thats how some other companies for e.g. TTS licenses do it. > I also don't think that the slight added convenience is then > worth the recurring cost annually. The price of the license is comparable > to Digium in US dollars. > If you are running a couple of servers and you don't know where your G729 calls will arrive then it makes sense to me. If you run G729 only and have licenses for every line in your system then it obviously makes no sense. But if you have for example 1200 lines and 10% G729 users you never know if they are spread over all your server or all arrive on one machine. Chris ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Announcement: Howler-optimised G.729A Solution for Asterisk
On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, Grygoriy Dobrovolskyy wrote: > 2009/6/24 Senad Jordanovic > >> Jay Fenton wrote: >>> [ Optimised G.729A 'Howlet' for Asterisk & FreSWITCH ] >>> >>> Howler Technologies are proud to announce today the launch of >>> their fully indemnified and highly optimised G.729A solution >>> for Asterisk, including a unique floating license model. >> >> Why would someone buy it instead of Digium g729 codec? >> >> > Concurrence is good. And the floating model across many server is > interesting idea. > I have a question in to them about how that floating licensing works, though. Does that mean that with every call a license check must be made? I don't see how it would work otherwise, and that means my whole business - every call - is dependant on their license server being up and reachable. I also don't think that the slight added convenience is then worth the recurring cost annually. The price of the license is comparable to Digium in US dollars. So the only advantage I really see is the optimization claims - you might be able to squeeze more calls into one box. Would love to hear of any real world experiences, though I guess we will have to wait a bit for that ;) j ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Announcement: Howler-optimised G.729A Solution for Asterisk
On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:11:42 + (UTC), Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: > >On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, Grygoriy Dobrovolskyy wrote: > >> 2009/6/24 Senad Jordanovic >> >>> Jay Fenton wrote: [ Optimised G.729A 'Howlet' for Asterisk & FreSWITCH ] Howler Technologies are proud to announce today the launch of their fully indemnified and highly optimised G.729A solution for Asterisk, including a unique floating license model. >>> >>> Why would someone buy it instead of Digium g729 codec? >>> >>> >> Concurrence is good. And the floating model across many server is >> interesting idea. >> > >I have a question in to them about how that floating licensing works, >though. Does that mean that with every call a license check must be made? >I don't see how it would work otherwise, and that means my whole business >- every call - is dependant on their license server being up and >reachable. I also don't think that the slight added convenience is then >worth the recurring cost annually. The price of the license is comparable >to Digium in US dollars. > >So the only advantage I really see is the optimization claims - you might >be able to squeeze more calls into one box. > >Would love to hear of any real world experiences, though I guess we will >have to wait a bit for that ;) Bear in mind that Digium's present licensing scheme is hardware dependent. That has proven a problem for people wanting to run G.729 on Asterisk in VMs or in EC2. The new lisencing scheme alone has merit. Michael -- Michael Graves mgravesmstvp.com http://blog.mgraves.org o713-861-4005 c713-201-1262 sip:mgra...@mstvp.onsip.com skype mjgraves fwd 54245 ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Announcement: Howler-optimised G.729A Solution for Asterisk
2009/6/24 Senad Jordanovic > Jay Fenton wrote: > > [ Optimised G.729A 'Howlet' for Asterisk & FreSWITCH ] > > > > Howler Technologies are proud to announce today the launch of > > their fully indemnified and highly optimised G.729A solution > > for Asterisk, including a unique floating license model. > > Why would someone buy it instead of Digium g729 codec? > > Concurrence is good. And the floating model across many server is interesting idea. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Announcement: Howler-optimised G.729A Solution for Asterisk
Jay Fenton wrote: > [ Optimised G.729A 'Howlet' for Asterisk & FreSWITCH ] > > Howler Technologies are proud to announce today the launch of > their fully indemnified and highly optimised G.729A solution > for Asterisk, including a unique floating license model. Why would someone buy it instead of Digium g729 codec? Senad ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Announcement: Howler-optimised G.729A Solution for Asterisk
Jay Fenton wrote: > [ Optimised G.729A 'Howlet' for Asterisk & FreSWITCH ] > > Howler Technologies are proud to announce today the launch of > their fully indemnified and highly optimised G.729A solution > for Asterisk, including a unique floating license model. Please do not post advertisements for commercial products on this *non-commercial* mailing list. -- Kevin P. Fleming Digium, Inc. | Director of Software Technologies 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA skype: kpfleming | jabber: kpflem...@digium.com Check us out at www.digium.com & www.asterisk.org ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] Announcement: Howler-optimised G.729A Solution for Asterisk
[ Optimised G.729A 'Howlet' for Asterisk & FreSWITCH ] Howler Technologies are proud to announce today the launch of their fully indemnified and highly optimised G.729A solution for Asterisk, including a unique floating license model. This is the first in a series of products dubbed 'Howlets' that add highly performant transcoding and signal processing modules to open-source telecoms platforms. The G.729A Howlet ships as a drop-in module for Asterisk or FreeSWITCH, and enables cost-effective transcoding of G.729 and G.729A calls to other codecs. It scales to more than 225 concurrent transcoded calls on a single dual core server, and is licensed on a per concurrent channel basis. You can choose from two licensing models - fixed server perpetual and annual floating, the latter allowing you to 'float' your licensed channels across multiple servers for ultimate flexibility. Our unique floating licenses means you enable G.729A across your infrastructure without the administrative overhead of managing per-server licenses, and at a fraction of the initial cost of fixed-server licenses. Howlets are available for purchase immediately, and start at just £3.99/channnel with all patent holder royalties taken care of. Download your free trial today! http://www.howlertech.com/products/howlets/ -- Enjoy, The Howler Team Howler Technologies Ltd, 11 Charlotte Mews, London, W1T 4EQ tel: +44 207 099 7099 fax: +44 207 099 7098 http://www.howlertech.com/ Registered in England & Wales, Company No. 06285634 ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
