I would just add two comments.
One critical criteria for me on the Skype v SIP debate has been whether
or not the user can always guarantee they will have access to a
computer. I have found that for traveling employees Skype has its place.
I agree that trying to run two systems side by side
Thanks for your reply, David, Martin. Much appreciated and made me
think about a few things.
No, we don't have VoIP currently; we have a plain old Meridian switch.
I think we can get cards to extend its capabilities but the whole idea
of the staff members using VoIP was to save money and I
On 10/06/2008 08:56, David Caldwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If I go down the DIY Asterisk route, then my users would be given some SIP
software on their PC (not Skype!). An advantage to building an Asterisk (or
probably Astlinux) server would be that it would prove (or otherwise) the
Thanks Darren.
What codec do you prefer? I found previously that the best balance
between bandwidth and voice quality was a proprietary one -- g729?
Darren Grant wrote:
On 10/06/2008 08:56, "David Caldwell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If I go down the DIY Asterisk route, then my
Thanks Tom. Hadn't thought of that.
Tom Lynn wrote:
If you have any compliance issues that require Call Detail Records, you'll
want to manage the VOIP infrastructure yourself. I'm not sure if Skype
supports this type of reporting.
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 3:08 AM, David Caldwell [EMAIL
Skype is great for casual use. But, it uses it's own proprietary protocol
and requires Skype at both ends, or you pay for Skype-out service. Skype
protocol cannot (easily) be hooked into a Asterisk PBX. There are solutions
but they require running the Skype client and hooking in to its API, and I
