<DIV><B><I>Mathieu Nantel <mnantel@teclinux.com></I></B> wrote:
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<P>This might have been talked about before, but I'm posting anyhow.<BR><BR>I've got down to testing Asterisk yesterday, and I couldn't help but<BR>compare it with Skype (a Windoze only product, yet, but extremely<BR>efficient for some reason).</P>
<P>---Maybe you need more testing :) Do you know what most people use Asterisk for or what Asterisk is? I'm surprised that you can even come up with the comparisons.<BR><BR>Skype has almost unperceptible delay (LAN), while there is almost half a<BR>second of delay regardless of the codec on Asterisk.</P>
<P>---Are you sure you don't work for Skype? You might be the only one who experience this :)<BR><BR>An even if we were to eliminate the latency on asterisk, Skype has at<BR>least 2x the quality of PSTN, let alone any codec on asterisk.</P>
<P><BR>So I ask: are there no royalty-free codecs that come close to those from<BR>GIPS? (I understand these people are supplying the codecs for Skype).</P>
<P>---You need to do more research and answer this easy question yourself.<BR><BR>Or is there something I'm doing wrong? What configuration yields the<BR>highest quality and the lowest bitrate? I'm talking LAN communication<BR>here: plenty of bandwidth, no latency.<BR></P>
<P><BR>(I'm aware that this could be a flamebait. Bring em on.)</P>
<P>---You're ridiculous. If you wanna compare something with Skype, compare it with SIP in general.</P>
<P>-- <BR>Mathieu Nantel<BR>TecLinux.com <BR>mnantel@teclinux.com <BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Asterisk-Users mailing list<BR>Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com<BR>http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users<BR>To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:<BR>http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users</P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>