[Asterisk-Users] FW: pda skype

[Dean Collins]

It cant be that hard to do considering Siemens are offering a cordless
handset that can connect to skype.

 

I guess it's just a matter of bridging the 2 together.

 

 

 

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From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy Hall
Sent: Thursday, 8 April 2004 7:20 AM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FW: pda skype

 

I guess I didn't place that part of my message in the correct context.
Presence is very handy, and I would like to see the functionality added
to Asterisk.  What I meant by my comment you quoted below, is that if I
could attach my Asterisk server to the Skype network, I would not care
if I had their presence services.  That is a part of the functionality I
would be willing to do without if they opened their protocol.  It goes
back to my original point: If they want to keep part of their protocol
closed, that is fine, but release the most basic part of it: the voice
communication.

 

Jeremy

 

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From: Dean Collins [mailto:dean at collins.net.pr] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 2:42 PM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FW: pda skype

 

I'm going to leave most of what you said alone, I understand you point
and it's your point to make.

 

 

However I will make a small comment about

"I don't need hotlist functionality, if I dial their number and they
aren't on, I get a busy

reorder signal.  No big deal".

 

Presence based information is the biggest 'seller' in the IP PBX market
at the moment, being able to tell what/where a person is certainly
driving a lot of sales through my door.

 

Cheers,

Dean

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy Hall
Sent: Thursday, 8 April 2004 3:29 AM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FW: pda skype

 

I don't have a PocketPC PDA, mine is Palm.  But regardless, I don't see

what all the "Hype" is with "Skype."  It is a closed protocol and highly

platform-restricted product.  Sure the concept of a peer-to-peer phone

network is interesting, but if not everyone can connect to it, what is

the point?  If they want to keep certain features under their control so

that they can eventually charge for it, then by all means do so.  But if

they would release the basic protocol specs, so that others can access

the network in general, they would see many more users.

 

I for one am not going to run yet another soft phone and/or IM client on

my system just to connect to yet another phone network.  A friend of

mine and I tried it when it first came out, and it worked about as well

as FWD, or IAXTel, or Firefly, or... You get the point.  Now if I could

attach my Asterisk server to it and be able to make and receive simple

voice calls with other users, that would be great.  I don't need hotlist

functionality, if I dial their number and they aren't on, I get a busy

reorder signal.  No big deal.

 

They definitely have a good idea, in the fact that it works, doesn't

have too many problems with firewalls, and is not server reliant.  But

keeping it closed is preventing a lot of people from joining them.

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