[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk VS. Skype

[brian k. west]

http://gigaom.com/thevoipdaily/archives/2004/03/why_skype_is_no_different.html

NEXT!!!

bkw

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mathieu Nantel" <mnantel at teclinux.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 5:09 PM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk VS. Skype


> 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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