[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk VS. Skype

[Adam Hart]

A) Skype uses iLBC as a codec which Asterisk already has
B) Asterisk won't be adding latency on LAN->LAN, it's your end clients - 
try Firefly - www.virbiage.com (insert bias comment here) and see if 
that's addresses your issues.


Mathieu Nantel wrote:
> This might have been talked about before, but I'm posting anyhow.
> 
> I've got down to testing Asterisk yesterday, and I couldn't help but
> compare it with Skype (a Windoze only product, yet, but extremely
> efficient for some reason).
> 
> Skype has almost unperceptible delay (LAN), while there is almost half a
> second of delay regardless of the codec on Asterisk.
> 
> An even if we were to eliminate the latency on asterisk, Skype has at
> least 2x the quality of PSTN, let alone any codec on asterisk.
> 
> So I ask: are there no royalty-free codecs that come close to those from
> GIPS? (I understand these people are supplying the codecs for Skype).
> 
> Or is there something I'm doing wrong? What configuration yields the
> highest quality and the lowest bitrate? I'm talking LAN communication
> here: plenty of bandwidth, no latency.
> 
> (I'm aware that this could be a flamebait. Bring em on.)
> 
> --   
> Mathieu Nantel
> TecLinux.com  
> mnantel at teclinux.com  
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