[asterisk-users] Announcement: Howler-optimised G.729A Solution for Asterisk

[Michael Graves]

On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:11:42 +0000 (UTC), Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:

>
>On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, Grygoriy Dobrovolskyy wrote:
>
>> 2009/6/24 Senad Jordanovic <senad at bicom.us>
>>
>>> Jay Fenton wrote:
>>>> [ Optimised G.729A 'Howlet' for Asterisk & FreSWITCH ]
>>>>
>>>> Howler Technologies are proud to announce today the launch of
>>>> their fully indemnified and highly optimised G.729A solution
>>>> for Asterisk, including a unique floating license model.
>>>
>>> Why would someone buy it instead of Digium g729 codec?
>>>
>>>
>> Concurrence is good. And the floating model across many server is
>> interesting idea.
>>
>
>I have a question in to them about how that floating licensing works, 
>though.  Does that mean that with every call a license check must be made? 
>I don't see how it would work otherwise, and that means my whole business 
>- every call - is dependant on their license server being up and 
>reachable.  I also don't think that the slight added convenience is then 
>worth the recurring cost annually.  The price of the license is comparable 
>to Digium in US dollars.
>
>So the only advantage I really see is the optimization claims - you might 
>be able to squeeze more calls into one box.
>
>Would love to hear of any real world experiences, though I guess we will 
>have to wait a bit for that ;)

Bear in mind that Digium's present licensing scheme is hardware
dependent. That has proven a problem for people wanting to run G.729 on
Asterisk in VMs or in EC2. The new lisencing scheme alone has merit.

Michael
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