[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk VS. Skype

[Dean Collins]

I have to throw my 2 cents in here, I'm always disappointed when I use
Skype how good it sounds as a peer to peer service in comparison to
using my asterisk and IAX.

I'd be willing to pay for that codec but then unless who I'm talking to
has it as well there not much point.

Cheers,
Dean


-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Adam Hart
Sent: Friday, 30 April 2004 9:23 AM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk VS. Skype

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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