[Asterisk-Users] G729 licenses

[Marcelo Pacheco]

Monopolists ?

Isn't GSM just an older codec whose patents expired already ?

At $10/channel, I'd gladly use G729 for everything that isn't LAN, just to 
save the bandwidth. If it was a monthly/yearly/per call license, that would 
be another matter, but at a one time charge, it tips the scale for me. Of 
course, here in Brazil, guaranteed Internet bandwidth costs about 3x as much 
as in the US, so it's a different situation. The lower cost ADSL ISP's here 
explicitly prohibit usage of any VOIP traffic with their service.

How many years until the G.729 patents expire ? I know there's one due to 
expire in a few months. But if as the G.729 patents expire hopefully making 
them free, if someone brings about a 5.3/6.3kbps (G.723) codec for Asterisk 
at the same $10/channel license, I think I'd still take them as well.

My only real issue with G.729 is I can't integrate them into iaxcomm for 
Windows. Hate to have to burn CPU time with transcoding, thinking about 
running aLaw/signed linear for everything on the lan.

Regards,

Marcelo Pacheco

Em Seg 30 Ago 2004 12:35, Andreas Sikkema escreveu:
> asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com wrote:
> > Then you just dump the G.729-only supplier and find one that
> > supports everything else.  There are plenty to choose from.
>
> Ah, that's easy with 10 phones at one site. With 100's of
> device scattered around the counrty and the property of
> customers, it's not that easy. Also support wise, not
> very easy, changing devices.
>
> It's nice to have this attitude when you're just playing
> around. When you're using this stuff in large quantities
> it's entirely another matter.