[asterisk-biz] Skype

Tue Dec 26 13:33:10 MST 2006

Moshe MaeirHi there just to let everybody know that the chanskype site is running a Christmas promotion ´till Dec 31st - buy 2 licenses get one more free.

Best regards,

Paulo Mannheimer

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Moshe Maeir 
  To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 3:44 PM
  Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Skype

  There is chanskype but it is expensive and has its limitations

  Al Bochter wrote: 
    So if I had a customer that wants Skype added to an Asterisk box 
    Is it worth the time to try to add a skype account to an Asterisk system? 

    Best regards, 

    Al Bochter 
    Bochter Services 
    http://www.BochterServices.com/?t=Email 

    Julio Arruda wrote: 

      There are some (few) embedded systems now doing "skype" in non PC based gear. A friend of mine got a Skype Wifi phone from Netgear and seems to be happy with it. 

      Still, is proprietary, and as such, an artificial constraint is imposed in how you will use it. 

      Peter Beckman wrote: 

        On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, Mike Hammett wrote: 

          I don't use Skype, nor do I intend to.  However, does anyone know of any 
          gotchas in addition to general Skype behavior of the new $30 annual 
          unlimited plan?  How can a $25 or $30 a month unlimited plan compete with 
          that? 

         Skype is heavily tied to a PC.  The PC has to be running all the time in 
         order for you to receive calls.  For some, that's no problem, since they 
         spend most of their time in front of their computer.  There are products 
         that allow you to distribute the Skype signal throughout your house 
         wiring, such as the $60-ish VoSky. 

         If one could port their number to Skype, it might be worth it.  I do think 
         though that losing phone service when your PC breaks or gets a virus won't 
         be acceptable to most, yet.  If someone builds an affordable box that runs 
         Windows+Skype in a small, hardware/flash system (embedded Skype 
         effectively), that will compete directly with Vonage. 

         A solution: 
             * Port your current home number to TossableDigits.com (shameless plug) 
             * Forward your number to your SkypeIn number 
             * Buy a VoSky   http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/818a/ 
             * Run Skype on your PC with Windows (dunno of VoSky works on Mac) 

         Poof.  Now you pay $35.88/year + 8c/min incoming for your home number, 
         plus $40/year for a SkypeIn number, plus $30/year ($15/year before Feb 1, 
         2007) for all US/Canada calling.  Clearly if you could port your number to 
         Skype you'd save the cost of Tossable Digits, but at this time you cannot. 

         So instead of the $300+tax ($350/year est.) for Vonage, you're paying 
         $90.88 (assuming you sign up with Skype before 2/1/07) plus 8c/min 
         incoming.  If you can avoid TD and run your own SIP channel forwarding to 
         your SkypeIn number, or use the chanSkype service, you'll pay even less. 

         Still, you are ultimately responsible for all technical support, upgrades, 
         firmware updates, software maintence, etc, and Vonage has been pretty 
         solid for stability for the last year or two.  There needs to be a few 
         more changes to service, such as Skype able to port numbers and Skype 
         being able to be embedded into hardware without a PC tether before it will 
         be cost effective AND low maintenance. 

        Beckman 
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