[Asterisk-Users] Re: Re: iax or sip

[Kevin Walsh]

Randy Bush [randy at psg.com] wrote:
> > At that point, virtually every business and every
> > household will have such a box. Couple that with some
> > universal directory facility, ie ENUM and you have got a
> > ubiquitous peer-to-peer telephone network where telcos
> > will have no role to play other than providing the data
> > pipes.
> >
> why enum?  forcing humans to deal with telephone numbers
> is analogous to asking them to use ip addresses instead
> of domain names (which are bad enough, but that's another
> story).  do you want to send email to randy at 147.28.0.62?
> so why not 'dial' randy at psg.com or whatever?
> 
> is it the 12-key pad?  but maybe i'll be 'dialing' using my computer's
> keyboard. 
> 
My Cisco 7960 allows me to 'dial' SIP addresses.  Until that sort of
thing becomes more widespread, the 12-key pad will be all we have to
work with.  Any VoIP addressing scheme must keep this in mind.  ENUM
is probably the best (only?) mapping system we have at the moment.

"Soft phones" allow you to use your computer's keyboard, but people
tend to prefer real phones - myself included.  It's just what we're
all used to, especially in the residential market, and the alternatives
are limited at the moment.

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