[Asterisk-Users] Is SKYPE a threat orshould wedo something(together)

[Johan Akerstrom]

IMHO!

I just see a skype channel as something good for asterisk.

Skype has broad coverage. 
I can't imagine that skype wouldn't be interested in selling corporate accounts "skype trunk lines".

Imagine having unlimited or X amount of continious calls coming in on SkypeIN and out on SkypeOUT from Asterisk.
Internal Phones would all talk IAX or SIP to asterisk and use all PBX features of Asterisk. Asterisk could do lowest cost routing for internal to external calls through dundi or skype lookups (or enum later on) or through your PSTN hardware.

Skype would really benefit from Asterisk as a full blown Corporate VoIP platform.
Asterisk would really benefit from Skype through it's broad coverage and it's fairly cheap prices.

Aren't we all using Asterisk because of it's feature not just because it can "transport" our calls?

Johan Akerstrom
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-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jean-Michel Hiver
Sent: 17 May 2005 23:11
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Is SKYPE a threat orshould wedo something(together)


>P2P is something else then Asterisk.
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Well, I run Asterisk on a 'peer', i.e. a machine with an IP address. I can send VoIP traffic to any other 'peer', i.e. asterisk server. How is that not peer to peer?

Damn, you can even find the term 'peer' in asterisk config files!


>So if you compare Asterisk with Skype or even worry about it then you 
>are NOT understanding the power of Asterisk and you don't understand 
>the weakness of Skype.
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Who said we should /compare/? I'm only interested in "What cool stuff could I do with Asterisk and Skype"... it is conceivable that some day, both software could work nicely together.

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