[Asterisk-Dev] A crazy idea... Skype channel in Asterisk

[Mark Elkins]

On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 11:06 -0600, Michael Giagnocavo wrote:
> >> Because Skype currently has many million people already
> >> using it?

> >Don't underestimate IAX.

> With our own channel, Skype-Out would be challenged. I can't do anything
> with people wanting to connect (who are using Skype), nor can I help people
> who want to connect TO people using Skype. Hopefully IAX will take over and
> there'll be some really nice client-GUI programs to use it. Meanwhile, I
> still don't have a solution for Skype users.

Then the answer is to provide a replacement soft phone package for
Windows (& Linux - etc) that provides similar functionality to Skype in
a similar distribution package - that also speaks to Asterisk.

The Consumer would then have a choice..
  Skype: closed propriety package.
  PC-IAX: open package.

Both do the 'same' thing - ie allow you to call other people - but
PC-AIX allows you to potentially talk to more people, to talk to your
companies switchboard - and runs on open architecture and the consumer
is aware that there are stand-alone hard phones that do the same
thing...