[asterisk-users] G722 and Asterisk 1.6

[Michael Graves]

Hmmmm...this bears making some calls to Polycom. They've been very good
to me recently. Very approachable. I think that they're really trying
to deal better with the Asterisk community.

Michael

On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:42:12 -0500, Darrick Hartman wrote:

>Michael Graves wrote:
>> On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 08:48:47 -0500, Russell Bryant wrote:
>> 
>>> Asterisk should work fine with any phone that supports that codec.   
>>> Personally, I have only used it with Polycom phones.  Also, again,  
>>> Asterisk 1.4 only supports G722 passthrough, where as Asterisk 1.6 has  
>>> full support.
>> 
>> Any plans to implement G.722.1 now that it's under a royalty free
>> license?
>
>Michael,
>
>Royalty free does not mean free.  I believe there still is an upfront 
>cost that Polycom is charging.  Perhaps Digium can work out some sort of 
>a deal now that Polycom recognizes Asterisk as a valid platform.
>
>I'd definitely love to see it supported.  It's a great way to actually 
>show some improvement in voice quality compared to the 100 year old 
>copper technology that's in use today.
>
>Darrick
>
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