[Asterisk-Users] G729 licenses

[Kevin Walsh]

Andreas Sikkema [andreas.sikkema at ritstele.com] wrote:
> asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com wrote:
> > The G.729 monopolists have made enough money out of their week's work,
> > so why give them more? 
> > 
> > A better idea is to use a different codec, such as GSM, iLBC or even
> > ulaw (if you have the bandwidth), and ignore G.729 completely.  You
> > can add several choices in a list and allow the link to negotiate.
> >
> This depends highly on what you're doing. If you're on a LAN
> with plenty of available bandwidth, one of the G.711 variants
> is the way to go. If you're serving customers on tiny ADSL
> or cable connections, there's not much else to use than G.729.
>
There are a few codecs, other than G.729, that you may not have heard
of.  These include GSM, iLBC and SpeeX, to name a few.  Paying for
G.729 licenses, however cheap they may appear, only encourages the
monopolists.

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