[Asterisk-Users] why even use SIP

[Sys Admin]

2 reasons for not using IAX:
A. CDR as part of the media
B. Not good hardphone / softphone

Problem A (CDR as part of the media) I am not worried about too much,
as long as the data is there some parsing will allow me to extract it
and then do what i want to do with it.

Problem B (Not good hardphone / softphone)  what  would be the best
hardphone/softphone to make it work ?

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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:15:22 -0500, Andrew Kohlsmith
<akohlsmith-asterisk at benshaw.com> wrote:
> On March 21, 2005 01:07 pm, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> > Well, let's see.. 99.99% of the available VOIP hardware only support
> > SIP, MGCP and H.323, but not IAX2. Is that a good reason?
> 
> No.  95% of the marketplaces uses Windows.  Drive the marketplace to use
> better protocols.
> 
> > IAX2 calls between servers carry the signaling and media in the same
> > connection, which is good for NAT issues, but bad for CDR and traffic
> > control issues. SIP handles them separately, so you can keep complete
> > CDR without forcing the media to follow the same path. Is that a good
> > reason?
> 
> Yes, but the dynamic port allocation and ABSOLUTELY INSANE WORDINESS and
> WASTAGE of the SIP control protocol is reason enough for me to never want to
> support it.  While perhaps not worth much on my own, I am voting with my
> wallet and my feet.  I will not support SIP, nor will I purchase products or
> services which require it.
> 
> -A.
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