[asterisk-users] Skype for Asterisk???

[Thomas Kenyon]

Geoff Lane wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 18, 2009, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> 
>> I was under the impression that Three (who I guess you're using)
>> placed a  regular call over their network then "Skyped" it at their
>> HQ - rather than  have the Skype client actually reside in the
>> handset.. (And I'm suspecting  their 3G limitation is that they want
>> to use their own 3G network rather  than pay Orange for the call
>> over their 2G network)
> 
> I am using Three. At first I got two Three S1 Skypephones and was
> allegedly one of the first business customers to take up those phones.
> One handset was replaced under warranty for a basic Nokia (can't
> remember the model number) that offered Bluetooth and could run the
> Skype application.
> 
> In both cases, AIUI you run the Skype client on your handset, which
> uses 3G/HSDPA data bandwidth to connect to Skype via a NAT router in
> Three's network.
> 
> FWIW and IMO the S1 is rubbish. However some tell me that the S1 is
> part of the problem I have using Skype and that the S2 is considerably
> better.
> 
It's kinda a mixture of both, the client on the handset sets up the call 
that is a regular voice call through their gateway.

A bit (although not much) like the way international roaming SIMS make 
calls.