[asterisk-biz] Re: Skype + SIP
Sergey Kuznetsov
asterisk_biz at deeptown.org
Thu Jun 22 08:54:36 MST 2006
Even better. MozIAX:
http://moziax.mozdev.org/index.html
All the Best!
Sergey.
Matthew Rubenstein wrote:
> Firefox has a SIP plugin:
> http://lucafiligheddu.blogspot.com/2006/06/firefox-voip_114959011311941395.html . Internet-only calls are free, PSTN costs a little. Since Firefox has 9% of the browser market, and this plugin can grow that share, the plugin could quickly serve many more people than Skype.
>
> We might not be looking at "the next Netscape", but are we looking at
> the way that SIP eventually displaces Skype, and/or forces Skype to
> gateway (bidirectionally) to SIP, the way AOL gateways to the rest of
> the Web?
>
>
> On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 17:48 +0500, Rehan AllahWala wrote:
>
>> In My Opinion, This is a VERY Smart move by skype, no matter how much we cry, but US is
>> far behind in IM usage then many many other countries.
>>
>> The amount of IM being used in China, I have seen is un beliveable, and skype is with
>> EVERY ONE, that's one of the main reasons Ebay paid so much money to Skype.
>>
>> MSN is also very very highly used, every person i meet there, They seem to be on msn if not
>> skype.
>>
>> I personally feel that this move from skype will encourage north american users to not be
>> scared of the power and usage of the net and maybe they will embrase it.
>>
>> The US Govt and Media scare's people way way too much, from what is out there, as if there
>> are alien's living in other countries.
>>
>> Way to go skype !!!
>>
>> Rehan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 21:57 +1000, Craig Lawrence wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can anyone make sense of Skype's business model? See this...
>>>>
>>>> http://www.amperordirect.com/pc/r-skype-news/z-news-062106a.html
>>>>
>>>> I assume I'm missing something.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Near as I can tell they are doing this as a loss leader to build a brand
>>> name and market acceptance. IE build their user base so it can become
>>> profitable.
>>>
>>> They are also fighting the war against companies like sony and google
>>> that advertise this great new voip thing that doesnt let you do any pstn
>>> interconnection. Companies like those, while their product may be good
>>> or not (and that doesnt matter for this point) create the illusion that
>>> voip cant bridge to regular telephones. That is also why vonage so
>>> aggressively advertises that you can infact call and receive calls "to
>>> regular telephones".
>>>
>>> At least that is how I see it on this issue, I may be wrong, but if
>>> anything I am willing to bet that I am right, even if its not the whole
>>> motive.
>>>
>>>
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